The Food Systems Resilience Programme (FSRP) has signed a US$22.5million contract for  completing the rehabilitation and modernisation of Kpong Irrigation Scheme (KIS), covering approximately 1,000 hectares.
It is also supporting revision of the National Irrigation Policy and preparation of a 5-year Strategic Action Plan to enhance sustainable management for public irrigation schemes and provide a national action plan for implementation.
FSRP’s Operations Manager, Philip Daniel Laryea, announced this during a brief presentation on scope of rehabilitation works, outcomes and future of agribusiness at the project site situated at Asutuare in Greater Accra Region.
He added that the programme is also concluding feasibility and engineering design studies, Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA) and dam safety assessments for three additional key dams and irrigation schemes covering 2,000 hectares.

Inland valley development is also a focus, with draft feasibility studies for 20 floodplain sites totalling 7,000 hectares completed and under review, Mr. Laryea said.
Moreover, he said as part of the program, US$50 million has been earmarked for irrigation works, including the development of inland valleys and the rehabilitation of irrigation schemes. These efforts according to him aim to expand irrigation coverage and promote climate-smart agricultural practices.
However, he emphasized the need for an additional US$30million to complete all identified schemes.
The FSRP initiative is a government of Ghana and World Bank-funded programme being implemented under the auspices of ECOWAS. It highlights the World Bank’s role in bolstering the country’s agricultural sustainability and food security.