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SADA/IWAD SISILLI-KULPAWN AGRICULTURE
PROGRAMME IN ADVANCED STAGE
LOCATED IN YAGABA IN THE MAMPRUGU-MOADURI DISTRICT OF NORTHERN GHANA
REVOLUTIONALIZING AGRICULTURE IN
THE SADA ZONE: SADA-IWAD PPP
PROJECT
A Snap-Short of the New CEO’s visit to the Project
SADA CEO’S VISIT TO SISILI-KULPAWN
The Chief Executive Officer of
60 % complete with 400 hectors
SADA, Mr. Charles Abugre, visited
of land already prepared for
the
farming all
Integrated
year round.
Water and
This project
Knowledge
is a game
Transfer
changer in
Project in the
the
Sisili-Kulpawn
agriculture
Basin as part
industry in
of his
the north of
familiarization
tour on April
Ghana and
SADA/IWAD center pivot irrigation
13, 2015. This is
system to Yagaba.
a 5-year
expected to
produce
maize, soya,
project initiated by Integrated
cowpea and rice all year round.
Water & Agriculture
It currently contribute about 150
Development (IWAD) of Wienco
direct jobs and about 750
Ghana Limited, and facilitated
indirect jobs in the Mamprugu-
by the Savannah Accelerated
Moaduri District of northern
Development Authority (SADA) to
Ghana. At the time of the visit of
promote profitable farming
the CEO, the project was in an
systems in the NSEZ through
advanced stage of completion
irrigation and innovative land
to enable everyone in the area
and water management
see the revolutinalization of
practices. The project is almost
modern agriculture in the SADA
April 19, 2015 [Edition 1, Volume 1]
BRIEF ABOUT THE SISILLIKULPAWN IRRIGATION
PROJECT:
The Integrated Water
Management & Knowledge
Transfer project located on
the Sisili-Kulpawn basin in
the Mamprugu-Moaduri
District of northern Region is
a Private-Public Partnership
involving Wienco Ghana.Ltd,
SADA, Wageningen
University and the Rebel
Group. The total cost of this
5-Year project which started
in 2013 is 11.2 million Euro
with SADA contributing
800,000 Euros and the Dutch
government contributing 60%
of the total funding. The
Project seeks to cultivate
400ha irrigation schemes to
be rolled out in the District
and to introduce built
support in irrigation practices
including the introduction of
conservation farming and
improved practices in rain
fed areas to increase
productivity.
Other collaborating
institutions are the University
for Development Studies and
the Savannah Agriculture
Research Institute (SARI)
Located in YAGABA in the Mamprugu-Moaduri district of northern Ghana
Zone. Already the first center-
in Ghana. This project underpins
levels plus creating multiplier
pivot irrigation system which is
SADA’s facilitation role which is
opportunities for the people in
currently irrigating about 65
now yielding benefits to the SADA
the NSEZ. According to the
hectors of land has been installed
Zone. SADA as a facilitating
Coordinating Director of the
and functioning; a state of the art
organization with a focus on
Mamprugu-Moaduri District, Mr.
artificial dam that holds 18, million
leveraging substantial
Mumuni,, “ we are now seeing
cubic meters of water with 2.5
investments into the Northern
that SADA is changing the
meters depth has also been
Savannah Ecological Zone has
NSEZ…. This is why everyone
constructed to feed the irrigation
ultimate goal of transforming the
should give SADA the needed
system which is a master piece of
Northern Savannah Ecological
support ”.
modern agriculture engineering
Zone and increasing income
SADA‘s CEO Charles Abugre inspecting the Sisili-Kulpawn Project with Staff of IWAD
SADA‘s CEO Charles Abugre inspecting the Sisili-Kulpawn Project with Staff of IWAD
Located in YAGABA in the Mamprugu-Moaduri district of northern Ghana
The artificial compacted Dam of the Sisili-Kulpawn project during the field visit with IWAD’s Irrigation Expert,
Obed Tuabu.
Parts of the innovative engineering of the Sisili-Kulpawn irrigation Project