Key elements

• Rehabilitation of the irrigation system in Vieux Camps (70 ha) leading to a permanent access to water.
• Reinforcement of management mechanisms (water dividing systems, maintenance, financing).
• Management on level of the stream basin to prevent environmental degradation.

Partners

GTIH (Groupe Technologie Intermédiaire d’Haïti).
VSF-CICDA.

Target groups

• The 110 farmer families that use the irrigation system.
• The management committee of the system.
• The agricultural association (Organisation de Développement de Vieux-Camps, 400 members), and the umbrella organisation FODL (Féderation des Organisations de Développement de Lagon, 1500 members).
• The departmental office of the ministry of Agriculture (DDA) and the local municipal councils.
• The population of a part of the stream basin of Lagon (10.000 people).

Objectives

Contributions to a sustainable valorisation of natural resources in a part of the sub river basin of Lagon (municipality Terre Neuve), through the rehabilitation of the irrigation system and the participative execution of master plan.

Main results

• The irrigation system of Vieux-Camps is restored and functional during the entire year.
• Reparation works are executed on two ravines.
• The farmers and their management committee are better educated and have the knowledge and means for a good management and maintenance of their system, with a equitable system for the division of water.
• A global management plan is executed with participation of the different local water users.

Financing

EU (global donation),  VSF-CICDA, the French government and the Lannoo projects.