Welcome to SWADE

Swaziland Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (SWADE) is a company owned by Government; it is controlled and monitored as a Public Enterprise, in terms of the Public Enterprise (Control & Monitoring Act, 1989). It operates under a Board of Directors, which is responsible for the overall policy direction. SWADE falls under the Ministry of Agriculture.

SWADE is mandated by Government “to facilitate the planning and implementation of the Komati Downstream Development Project and the Lower Usuthu Smallholder Irrigation Project, and any other large water projects that Government may assign from time to time.”

SWADE plays the role of facilitator rather than manager of projects; this ensures that the affected communities control their development. SWADE is composed of a multi-disciplinary team of advisors and trainers who enable beneficial national development and community integrity in the Project Development Areas.

SWADE has two broad national objectives that it seeks to fulfill, namely; 1. Promoting participation of smallholder farmer organizations in irrigated agriculture and development of other enterprises as part of poverty eradication program for rural areas; and 2. Enhancing private sector development through the active participation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in agricultural development.

VISION

To be the leading facilitator of sustainable development in rural communities in Africa, using water as a catalyst.

MISSION

To empower rural communities in designated areas to attain an improved quality of life and be able to sustain it

CORE VALUES

Innovation, Integrity, Responsibility, Professionalism, Empowerment .