Smallholder Agricultural Productivity Enhancement and Marketing Project (SAPEMP)
January 21, 2025
Mkhondvo Ngwavuma Water Augmentation Project (MNWAP)
February 3, 2025
The LUSIP II Project is a continuation of the Lower Usuthu Smallholder Irrigation Project (LUSIP) whose goal is to improve the standard of living of the population in the Project Area through an environmentally and culturally sustainable process. The LUSIP II has a net irrigation area of 5,728 ha (5, 273 ha of new irrigation area and 455 ha of existing irrigation). The overall goal of the LUSIP II is to achieve an improved standard of living of the population of about 15 925 in the Lower Usutu Basin area of Eswatini.
Project Area
The project is located in the geographic areas of the following Chiefdoms:
Madlenya, Ngcamphalala, Shongwe-, Gundvwini-Lesibovu, Mamba-Mamisa, Bulunga-Mahashulane and Mphumakudze-Mphaphati.
Outputs:
- Infrastructure with ability to impound, store, and distribute 155 million cubic metres of water per annum.
- 30 farmer-managed institutions benefitting 2300 households.
- All households in the project area with access to potable water and sanitation facilities.
- All negative impacts of the project are mitigated against and positive impacts enhanced
Objective
The goal of the Project is the reduction of poverty and sustained improvement in the standard of living of the population in the Project Development Area through the provision of irrigation water to smallholder farmers for the commercialisation and intensification of agriculture.
Key Achievements /Highlights
- 30 farmer companies to be established and operational (sugarcane, banana and other crops)
- 14,949 people (2,874 homesteads) were final beneficiaries
- 5,273ha of land to be developed (4,000ha under sugarcane, 500 ha banana and 773 under alternative cash crops).
- 6 potable water schemes constructed supporting a total of 1,758 people with sanitation facilities and 2,365 people with clean water.
