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© IFAD 		From subsistence farming to profit: the benefits of agro-wells in Sri Lanka

Large, well-constructed ‘agro-wells’ are making farming profitable for farmers living in dry areas of Sri Lanka. Farmers in the dry areas of the district of Matale benefited from the Regional Economic Advancement Project (REAP) from 1999 to 2007. REAP was mostly funded by a loan of US$11.7 million from IFAD to the Government of Sri Lanka. The project had a total budget of US$14.5 million, and benefited some 30,000 households. A major activity of REAP’s subcomponent on soil conservation and water management was assistance to the poorest farmers to enable them to construct agro-wells for irrigation purposes. This activity was started in 2001.

Source: IFAD
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Statistics
Projects: 16

Total cost:
US$419.0 million

Approved IFAD loan:
US$238.9 million

Directly benefiting:
525,332 households
Contact Information

Anura Herath
Country Programme Officer and Knowledge Facilitator
660/8, Peradeniya Road Mulgampola
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Work: +94 77 9204127
a.herath@ifad.org

Ya Tian
Country programme manager
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
Rome, Italy
Work: +39 0654592062
Fax: +39 0654593062
y.tian@ifad.org