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Greenbelt Authority Act (Act 23 of 2017).

Country/Territory
Malawi
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for the designation of the Greenbelt area; for the establishment of the Greenbelt Authority and matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Institution Irrigation
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

The Act under Part 2 establishes an Authority to be known as the Greenbelt Authority (hereinafter referred to as “the Authority”) which shall be a within the Greenbelt area, responsible for: (a) oversee, direct and co-ordinate implementation of irrigation policies and programmes; (b) in consultation with the Water Resources Authority, identify irrigable land, determine potential sources of water and carry out feasibility studies for new irrigation projects or programmes; (c) investigate, plan, design, construct and supervise implementation of irrigation projects, infrastructure or programmes; (d) operate and maintain irrigation projects or programmes and to do all acts incidental thereto; (e) conduct and co-ordinate research and investigation on the optimum use of water for irrigation; (f) modernize and upgrade aging irrigation schemes to enhance efficiency and improve service to the farmers; (g) train farmers on different methods of irrigation and use of irrigation equipment; (h) provide support to farmer organisations including water users’ associations and co-operative societies for the proper management of irrigation schemes; (i) promote public-private partnerships on irrigation programmes; (j) mobilize technical and financial resources for the implementation of irrigation in Malawi; (k) review implementation progress and evaluate ongoing irrigation policies, projects or programmes; (l) promote agro-processing and marketing of crops and produce grown or produced in national irrigation schemes in liaison with organisations responsible for marketing of agricultural produce; (m) arrange and coordinate activities which may contribute to training activities and cost covering, related to setting up and operating of irrigation programmes, including the payment of any remuneration, honorarium or fees to persons employed in or engaged for purposes of undertaking commercial activities; and (n) perform any other functions in relation to irrigation as it may consider appropriate for achieving the purposes of this Act. 7. Powers

Full text
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Website
malawilii.org