Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Fomenting Rural Development

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BOGOTA, May 30 2005 (IPS) - Twenty-two families are to benefit from infrastructure projects for irrigation and an assistance plan from the Colombian Institute of Rural Development (INCODER) in the northern municipality of Santa Marta. INCODER manager Arturo Vega explained to Tierramérica that the projects, begun on May 27, include 44 hectares of farmland outfitted for a gravity-based irrigation system, with automatic hydraulic circuits that involve a mechanism for separating out suspended materials from the water.

The plan for the district's poorer families will provide assistance in implementing a productive project based on the area's crops, water use and community organization.