Swaziland National Irrigation Policy. Country/Territory Eswatini, Kingdom of Document type Date 2005 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition, Water Keyword Agricultural development Basin/catchment/watershed Credit Drainage/land reclamation Effluent waste water/discharge Equity Erosion Farming Freshwater resources management Gender Irrigation Monitoring Policy/planning Public participation Research Social protection Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Sustainable use Traditional rights/customary rights Food security Financing Water quality standards Water users' associations Wetlands Pollution control Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Abstract The Swaziland National Irrigation Policy is a national Policy with a sectoral approach. The main objectives of the Policy are to ensure that the irrigated agriculture sub-sector in Swaziland contributes fully to economic growth and poverty reduction; to optimize the productivity of water in the country’s agricultural sector; to establish an irrigation sector institutional landscape characterized by transparent regulation and strong, participatory, responsive and accountable institutions in the country; enhance the structure of the irrigated subsector by promoting new public and private investment opportunities for emerging farmers. Full text English