MODERNIZATION PROJECT OF IRRIGATED PUBLIC PERIMETERS OF THE LOW VALLEY OF MEDJERDA IN MANOUBA PHASE 2 SECTION 1 (1075 HA)

Project description:

The irrigated public perimeters developed from 1950 to 1960 on the lands of the Lower Medjerda Valley (BVM) cover an area of ​​approximately 27,000 hectares. These very fertile perimeters were originally designed using gravity irrigation by "water tours". The hydraulic infrastructure of the BVM is becoming more and more dilapidated, which constitutes a major constraint to the intensification and development of the irrigated perimeters of the region. This results in a deterioration of the management and operation conditions of irrigated public areas.

With the objective of rationalizing the use of hydraulic resources, intensifying the development and developing self-management of irrigation systems by associations of irrigators (Groups of Agricultural Development), the Ministry of Agriculture, represented by the CRDA of Manouba has set up a program to modernize the old public irrigated areas that have been operational for around 60 years in the Lower Medjerda Valley.

As part of Tranche 1 of this program, a first phase started in 2005 covering the modernization of 4,318 ha in the Governorate of Manouba. The project concerns phase 2 and covers the modernization of 1,075 ha. The three sectors concerned are Battane / Ben N’fissa, Mehrine North and Zouitina North and South.

Description of the services provided:

• Establishment of detail plans (irrigation networks (FB supply network, secondary FB networks, tertiary distribution networks in HDPE, quaternary plot irrigation networks); hydraulic works; track and drainage works .
• Supervision and control of works
• Verification and control of the work schedule
• Assistance to the client for the financial and administrative management of the project
• Assistance with reception operations
• Establishment of a geographic information system
• Thematic actions and accompanying measures (training of farmers in irrigation, awareness campaign for farmers