Drainage Works

Drainage Works forms part of Farm planning in the sub-programme: LandCare. LandCare is a national movement aimed at restoring sustainability to land and water management in both rural and urban areas. It encompasses integrated sustainable natural resource management where the primary causes of natural resource decline are recognised and addressed. 

LandCare is community based and community led and seeks to achieve sustainable livelihoods through capacity building and related strategies. LandCare policies will be developed and achieved through the formation of partnerships with a wide range of groups from within and outside Government through a process that blends together appropriate upper-level policy processes with bottom-up feedback mechanisms.

Drainage Works have a direct influence on the lucrative deciduous fruit export market, in that the high potential soils have to be drained to prevent water logging. This is arguably the area in which our sub-programme has the best expertise.