Modernizing plot irrigation in the Nile Delta

This project has four components: Modernization of quaternary irrigation networks (marwa), mainly by installing collective electric pumps and laying underground low-pressure PVC pipes to replace individual pumps and ditches. Reinforcement of the low and medium-voltage power grid – allowing a changeover from diesel pumps to electric pumps, which are more efficient, cheaper to use and less polluting. Plot improvements: laser levelling, deep tilling, improvers for clay soils, etc. – in order to increase productivity. Increase in advice to farmers and support to the contracting authority: implementation of training and technical assistance in order to improve irrigation management and farmers’ agricultural practices, and build the capacities of the contracting authority and its various structures.