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Project Details

Improving the efficiency of private irrigation channels and rationalizing water use

Improving efficiency of irrigation canals and water rationalization

Grantee: Community Development Association in Naga'e Qet

Start Date: 7/2019

End Date: 6/2021

Objectives:

Preserving agricultural land from deterioration, rationalizing irrigation water and maximizing its use in the villages of Qena Center..

Accomplishments:

·        Building an area of 4,002 square meters of private irrigation canals, and pouring them with regular concrete.

·        Saving 16 thousand cubic meters of water wasted per month, as a result of designing, building and lining irrigation canals.

·        Increasing the agricultural area by adding areas on both sides of the length of the canal, with a total of about 176 carats.

·        Increasing the productivity of the feddan in a way that positively affects the increase in farmers' incomes by increasing the area and productivity.

·        Providing permanent irrigation for about 3,000 feddans under the control of the targeted villages.

·        Reducing the cost of feddan irrigation as a result of reducing the rate of irrigation hours, and rationalizing energy consumption.

·        Saving farmers' time and effort due to long irrigation periods, and reducing disputes between farmers.

·        Reducing the infection of agricultural crops with diseases as a result of the spread of weeds and insects, and reducing the use of pesticides harmful to humans and animals.

Communities:

4 villages in the center of Qena (Al Ashraf, Abnoud, Karam Omran, Al Dom)

Partners:

Directorate of Agriculture, Directorate of Irrigation, Agricultural Associations, the National Council for Women, Canal Water Users Associations, NGOs in the project implementation areas

Beneficiaries: 1600 farmers (1000 beneficiaries from mesqas - awareness 400 men and 200 women) - 400 workers

Project Information

State:
Qena
Areas of Work:
Land Degradation