| 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 |
