Novec and the company Aménagement Agricole et de Développement Industriel (Adi) has been appointed to provide technical expertise for the irrigation projects underway in Morocco.
The consortium was chosen following a call for tenders issued by the Director of Irrigation and Agricultural Land Planning (DIAE), which was set up to rationalise the use of water in agriculture and improve the development of Morocco’s irrigable potential.
The government of Morocco will support the consortium with 12.9 million Moroccan dirhams, (about €1.2 million). The projects fall under framework of the Resilience and Sustainability of Irrigation Water (REDI) project, initiated by the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fishing, Rural Development and Water and Forests. the REDI project aims to rationalise the use of water resources through modern irrigation systems in the regions of Tadla, Casablanca-Settat and Souss-Massa.
The consortium will also offer its expertise in the framework of the project to build 50 water reservoirs by 2050, with the goal of increasing country’s storage capacity to 32 billion m3 of water from current 18.7 billion m3 of water.As part of this policy, Rabat also plans to impose restrictions on water consumption for irrigation. The aim is to save 2.5 billion m3 by 2030. The Cherifian kingdom is also banking on non-conventional water, notably the reuse of treated wastewater and the desalination of sea water.
Novec-Adi group appointed to provide expertise for the irrigation … – Farmers Review Africa
