The NIC has undertaken several programmes, as part of the National Irrigation and Development Plan (NIDP) project, geared towards rehabilitating existing irrigation infrastructure and building new irrigation networks. The Pedro Plains
project is one of the new networks that will be built and is expected to serve the farmers of Beacon and Little Park. The NIC projects that 467 hectares of farmlands will benefit from the irrigation services, and expects an annual water production of 3,807,600 cubic metres. The irrigation system will comprise of new wells, pumping stations and conveyance pipeline systems, on-farm sprinklerirrigation systems and electrical controls.
