Tag: irrigation

Morocco dam filling rate improves to 30.7% on recent rainfall

April 3, 2024

Torrential rain in different Moroccan regions last week boosted water reservoirs reaching an average of 30.7%, compared with 23% few days ago. While the recent ... Read More

Amid escalating food crisis, African agriculture is set for fertilizer boom

September 22, 2022

With an estimated 346 million people across Africa being negatively impacted by a severe food crisis, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a ... Read More

Morocco to turn 5200 hectares in Dakhla into irrigated area

September 10, 2022

Morocco is set to turn vast swathes of land in the southern provinces, the Sahara, into green productive areas with the recent launch of a ... Read More

Moroccan Scientists Invent Efficient Wastewater Filter

November 11, 2017

A team of Moroccan researchers have designed an efficient filter system for the treatment of rural wastewater. The system uses layers of soil and gravel ... Read More

EBRD Lends Morocco €120 Mln For Water Conservation Project

June 29, 2017

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has lent Morocco €120 million to finance the Saïss Water Conservation Project that will help protect the country’s ... Read More

Water Scarcity in MENA region, FAO Rings Alarm Bell

March 13, 2017

The Food and Agriculture Agency of the UN (FAO) called for the adoption of immediate response to the dangers that may result from the rapidly ... Read More

Drumbeat of Bad News Continues for Pseudo-Sahrawi Republic

September 16, 2016

After the spate of setbacks it suffered recently, the drumbeat of bad news for the Polisario and its self-proclaimed Sahrawi republic seems to be continuing ... Read More

Egypt, Sudan & Ethiopia reach agreement on Nile dam construction

December 30, 2015

Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia Tuesday in Khartoum agreed to change one of the two European companies commissioned to study the impacts of the Ethiopian Grand ... Read More

Egypt sidelines linkage of Nile and River Congo for technicalities

January 21, 2015

Alaa Yassine, the Egyptian minister of Irrigation and Water Resources advisory for dam affairs has finally announced that the proposed project of linking the Nile ... Read More

Egyptian firm Wins $30 Mln Contract for Extension of Abidjan international airport

February 26, 2013

The Arab Contractors (AC), one of the leading construction companies in Egypt and the MENA region, has won a $30mln contract for the extension and ... Read More