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Ribeira, Flamengos and Ribeira Principal watershed development project – Cape Verde

ProjectRibeira, Flamengos and Ribeira Principal Watersheds Development ProjectCountryCape VerdeYear2011ClientDirectorate General for Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock DGASPShare

Fundings :

Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) Government of Cape Verde.

Characteristics :

The project aims at the development of irrigated areas and the realization of water mobilization and storage works in order to strengthen food security, poverty reduction and contribution to the achievement of sustainable development.

The project consists mainly of :

The construction of two masonry dams in the Flamengos Basin with a capacity of 120,000 m3 and Principal of 350,000m3; The installation of 6 km of irrigation pipe from the two dams; The construction of 19 masonry dams; The construction of 25 underground dams; The execution of 15 boreholes; The construction of 19 reservoirs with a capacity of 30 m³ each; The construction of 15 reservoirs with a capacity of 100 m³ each.

Mission of IDC :

– Technical studies APD;

– Socio-economic impact studies;

– Supervision and control of the works.

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