GARPAD blames Irrigation, Electricity Ministries for losses
Violations of water quantities prevent access to GARPAD lands, says Irrigation Ministry
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Latest in Tag: irrigation
GERD tripartite committee holds 11th meeting
The eleventh meeting of the tripartite committee on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) began Sunday in Khartoum with the participation of the Irrigation and Foreign ministers of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.
Irrigation minister drops charges against renowned professor
El-Moghazy had levelled libel and defamation charges against Nour El-Din on 8 November; AFTE researcher describes allegations as lacking “legal ground”
UNIDO to participate in reclamation of 1.5m acres
The organisation will provide expertise in greenhouse technology
Field irrigation project to provide 7%-10% increase in cultivated land: Beltagy
Project would provide approximately 10bn cubic metres of water per year for reclaiming at least 300,000 acres in new land
Shoukry to visit Ethiopia after Europe tour
Recent talks between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Ethiopian Dam have ended in agreements
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan tripartite talks end with agreements
This is the fourth round of talks for the trio in the past year after previous efforts had failed
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Al-Sisi voices willingness to visit Ethiopia up to 3 times to resolve dam issue
Egypt’s water minister arrives in Sudan to attend tripartite talks held to address issues surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Negotiations will start where they left off: Water minister
The minister has left Egypt for Sudan to attend tripartite talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Egypt drafting law to protect facilities, criminalises attacks on water and electricity: PM
Government drafts document obliging Toshka development companies to finish within 3 years or face land withdrawal
Irrigation development project to provide 10bn cubic metres of water: Agriculture minister
Project targets 5m acres of land over the coming 10 years to achieve greater growth rates, increase agricultural lands and create 1.6m jobs
African Development Bank examines $700m in financing for irrigation projects
By Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi The African Development Bank (ADB) is currently considering financing projects at the Ministry of Water and Irrigation worth $700m, according to a bank official. On 25 June, an official at the Ministry of International Cooperation said the ADB would finance the study at a value of €1.9m (just over $2.5m). The …
AFDB to increase lending programme to Egypt in 2015
African Development Bank says it will continue providing assistance to Egyptian government in the form of loans and grants
Ministry of Irrigation receives EGP 30,000 donation
Donor and ministry to coordinate in holding expo for water and irrigation issues
Assiut aqueduct project to offer national benefits
The project will benefit 18 million Egyptians and improve the irrigation system for over 1.6 million acres of land
Egypt to coordinate with Ethiopia on Renaissance Dam
Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources says Egypt and Sudan could benefit from Ethiopia’s dam
Italy invests $20m in Egyptian irrigation system
The Italian- Egyptian cooperation programme is one of the biggest and most vital programmes to Italy: Italian official
Water ministry mulls use of solar power
Ministry of Water and Irrigation reviews possibility of using solar energy to improve water pumps.
Ethiopian dam “a matter of life or death”: PM
Prime Minister Hesham Qandil warns of dam effects
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ESDP suggests Sudan, Egypt delegation to Ethiopia
Party deputy: The Egyptian government has been dealing with African countries in a racist manner
Morsi forms committee on dam, meeting mistakenly televised
ElBaradei apologises to Ethiopia for ‘irresponsible utterances’ of political leaders during televised presidential meeting
Presidency will not allow meddling in Egypt’s share of Nile water
President Morsi discusses all options for dealing with Ethiopian dam with foreign and water ministers as well as security, defence and intelligence chiefs
Morsi meets with Nile Basin counterparts
President Mohamed Morsi meets with the heads of state of Sudan, South Sudan, and Kenya in Addis Ababa
France lends Egypt €940 million to complete third metro line
By: Hend El-Behary The French Development Agency (FDA) along with the European Investment Bank have granted Egypt a soft loan of €940 million for the construction and development of phase three of the third Cairo underground line, stated the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MPIC). Minister Ashraf Al-Araby of the MPIC, in the presence …