The European Union and the State of Eritrea have on Thursday committed to
continue and strengthen cooperation on development projects signing a 18.7
Million Euro contract for drip irrigation schemes powered by photo-voltaic
installations.
www.caperi.com | November 9, 2016
The Delegation of the European Union to Eritrea stated;
“A further major milestone of the EU’s program in “Support to
Agriculture/Food Security in Eritrea” has been met: on Thursday 08
September 2016, the Ministry of National Development and the Israeli
contractor ” Naan Dan Jain Irrigation LTD” signed a contract worth 18.7
MEuro for the supply and installation of drip irrigation systems for 16
irrigation sites in two out of six regions in Eritrea.”
Chargé d’Affaires of the European Union to the State of Eritrea, Pierre
Philippe, remarked that ”Since June 1st 2013 to the current stage the
European Union in partnership with the Government of the State of Eritrea
has been supporting the agricultural sector of the country through the 10th
EDF programme to enhance the agricultural production and productivity of
benefiting farmers”.
Deputy National Authorising Officer Mr. Samsom Berhane stated that “This
project will have an important contribution to the Government of Eritrea’s
endeavour for Food Security through modernised irrigation systems in 16
project sites implemented in the Central and Southern Regions supported by
Solar Energy”.
Irrigation Technology Sprinkler
Southern region will cover nine irrigation sites and Central region seven
irrigation sites in down streams of the arable lands. The selected dams for
agricultural development have adequate water in the reservoirs and
down-stream which enable the application of appropriate irrigation scheme
techniques to cultivate targeted farms throughout the year.
The foreseen contract will cover a total of 635 ha in selected potential
agricultural regions of both Debub and Maekel. It will introduce a drip
irrigation technique and a total of 2.6 MW renewable photovoltaic source of
energy will be installed, which in turn will enable targeted farmers to
improve their capacity to produce at least 2 harvests per year. The
contract will be take effect as of September 12, 2016 for a maximum 18
month implementation period.
Upon signing the contract, a company representative expressed satisfaction
about the agreement: “In our Company we measure ourselves the success of
our projects by the smiles of happy farmers who got benefited from the
project. These benefits of higher yields and incomes from our modern
sustainable irrigation solutions help in the economic upliftment of the
farmer beneficiaries in the project”.
Source:
http://www.caperi.com/eu-and-eritrea-sign-18-7-million-development-contract-for-drip-irrigation-schemes
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