To address the issue of inadequate funding, an agreement was reached between the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Chris Hani District Municipality (under which Intsika Yethu Local Municipality falls) and the Scheme Committee of the 4 schemes that are under Intsika Yethu Local Municipality. They resolved that funds allocated to various irrigation schemes for each financial year would be consolidated to one irrigation scheme within a financial year. This ensures that although some schemes have to wait a few years for revitalisation, a more significant and substantial contribution is made. Through this arrangement, Shiloh Irrigation Scheme received R25 million in the 2009/10 financial year. In the current financial year, the allocation will go to Ncora Irrigation Scheme while Qamata Irrigation Scheme will get its allocation in the 2011/2012 financial year. The Committee commended the good intergovernmental relations between the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Local and District Municipalities, which will ensure that projects are well aligned with the latter's Integrated Development Plans (IDPs).