Tono Dam is one of the largest agricultural dams in western Africa, located in Kassena-Nankana District of Upper East Region, northern Ghana.The 2km long dam irrigates some 2,490 hectares of land. History Construction of the dam started in 1975 and completed in 1985 by Taysec, a British engineering company. It was established by Ghana Government to promote the production of food crop all year round by small scale farmer within an organized and managed irrigation scheme. The Irrigation Company of Upper Region (ICOUR) was setup to managed the Dam. Rehabilitation In 2008, the concrete slabs in the main gravity canal of the dam was rehabilitated. The Ghana Government under The Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project (GCAP) secure funding from World Bank and USAID to rehabilitate the Dam. Impact The dam serve about seven communities, it ability to provide water for irrigation all year round have increase the cultivating of rice, soya bean, and tomato. This have improve the livelihoods of local farmers. The dam have forms a lake with a notable bird habitat. Disease The condition of the dam makes it ideals for the bleeding of the schistosomiasis parasite. This parasite invades the body through the skin and resides in the intestinal tract or walls of the bladder. It can cause painful bleeding and sterility, if left untreated. References Dams in Ghana Upper East Region Dams completed in the 1980s 1985 establishments in Ghana