EG East Delta Ag. Serv.

Under the formally restructured project, the development objective is to improve agricultural production and through it increased farm incomes for about 29,000 low income families in the project area through provision of essential infrastructure and agricultural support services.As the main source of income for low income families in project area is from agricultural production, cropped area, number of livestocks raised, and yields would be closely monitored to measure the impact of project on farm incomes. The number of low income families settled would also be monitored. At completion the project ERR will be recalculated to measure overall impact and compared with the formally restructured project ERR of 22%.To ensure sustainability of agricultural development, water users associations (WUAs) are being created under the project. The number of well functioning WUAs created under the project community development component would also be closely monitored.