Canadian aid for irrigation

Canadian aid for irrigation

PALU, Central Java: The Canada-Indonesia Development
Association has provided Rp 1 billion (US$303 million) for the
upgrading of village irrigation networks in Central Sulawesi, a
local irrigation official said.

Asmirin, head of Central Sulawesi's irrigation service, said
starting from the 1997/1998 state budget, the funds would be
disbursed through the Trained Farmers Irrigation System project
to repair dozens of village irrigation networks in four of the
province's districts.

The total area of fields irrigated by the village networks is
2,000 hectares. (swe)