irrigation
Red Sea employees spray-paint trees to conceal irrigation blunder
Egypt
January 24, 2016
Red Sea employees spray-paint trees to conceal irrigation blunder
A few meters away from the Red Sea Governorate's office, and in a garden housing a memorial statue, employees at…
NGO develops first solar-powered water pump
Science
November 29, 2015
NGO develops first solar-powered water pump
An NGO in Minya, Upper Egypt, has announced that it is developing a solar-powered water pump for house and farming…
Toshka sees first solar-powered water well
Egypt
October 21, 2015
Toshka sees first solar-powered water well
Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi will open on Thursday the first government-built, solar-powered water well in Toshka. The project,…
Underground pipe to water 70,000 acres in Sinai
Egypt
July 30, 2015
Underground pipe to water 70,000 acres in Sinai
The Irrigation Ministry has finished the extension of an underground pipe carrying Nile River water to Sinai for irrigation purposes. Fathey…
Egypt, Sudan in talks to cultivate 100,000 acres in Blue Nile
Business
July 12, 2015
Egypt, Sudan in talks to cultivate 100,000 acres in Blue Nile
Egypt and Sudan are discussing the cultivation of 100,000 acres owned by a joint company at the Blue Nile state…
3,000 acres in Alexandria irrigated with sewage
Egypt
July 6, 2015
3,000 acres in Alexandria irrigated with sewage
Mohamed Abul Azm finished irrigating his rice field with a pump placed on the bank of a four-meter canal in…
Rice farmers criticize Irrigation Minister in front of Japanese Ambassador
Egypt
May 25, 2015
Rice farmers criticize Irrigation Minister in front of Japanese Ambassador
Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Maghazy was criticized by rice farmers in front of the Japanese ambassador in Kafr…
Underground pipe to deliver Nile water to Sinai end of June
Egypt
May 19, 2015
Underground pipe to deliver Nile water to Sinai end of June
Egypt will deliver water from the Nile River to the Sinai Peninsula for irrigation purposes by the end of June, said…
New technical offer on Renaissance Dam to be presented mid-May
Egypt
May 10, 2015
New technical offer on Renaissance Dam to be presented mid-May
The assistant Irrigation for Dams and Nile River Minister and spokesman for the Renaissance Dam file Alaa Yassin said the National…
Egypts to use solar energy to run irrigation techniques
Egypt
March 24, 2015
Egypts to use solar energy to run irrigation techniques
The Water Resources and Irrigation Ministry has started implementing plans to develop a means of irrigation in the Delta to meet…