Similarly, despite the efforts made to disseminate market information through existing information and communication technologies (ICTs), such technologies would need to expand to better link farmers to markets and increase competitiveness. By March 2012, 235 dams, 327 river pumping stations and 8 312 groundwater irrigation projects had been completed. Over the same period, the storage capacity increased from 2.33 km3 to 18 km3, i.e. 1.7% of the estimated annual renewable surface water resources (ARDC, 2011).