FFTC Agricultural Policy Platform (FFTC-AP)

The irrigated agriculture and rural development project will be an essential contribution to food security, commercial crop farming, and rural development to reduce poverty in Savannakhet province.

A construction groundbreaking ceremony for the project took place last week, attended by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr Phet Phomphiphak; Savannakhet provincial Governor, Santiphab Phomvihane; Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Laos, Im Moo-hong; Chief of Resident Representative office of Economic Developing Cooperation Fund (EDCF) under the Korea Exim Bank, LEE Dong-Geon, government officials, local authorities and staff of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

The Integrated Irrigated Agriculture and Rural Development Project mainly aims to achieve improved livelihoods and socio-economic conditions among the small rural holders in Champhone and Songkhone Districts of Savannakhet province, covering 13 villages 2,855 families.

This project’s primary purpose is followed by various sub-objectives that will benefit and improve the villager’s quality of life.

The Department of Irrigation of MAF is the Project Executing Agency responsible for the administrative operation of this project by having the main consultancy services of JV.

Dasan Consultants and Yoosin Engineering Cooperation along with the JV. Ilsung Construction Company and Dongbu Cooperation is the main contractor from the Republic of Korea.

They are performing construction projects despite the spread of Covid 19 and flooding in 2019 and 2020.

Experts and engineers of construction companies have been trying to achieve construction since early October 2020 onward progress to February 2021 can perform the actual 15 percent of the contract value equivalent to US$3,884,385.

The target for 2021 is to complete 18 canals with a total length of 39,240km, two Community Agricultural technology development centres, and 60 per cent pumping heads.

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