NaanDanJain Irrigation Ltd., inked a pact worth 18.7 million Euros with Ministry of Agriculture and National Development

Jalgaon

NaanDanJain Irrigation Ltd, a Group Company of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd, today signed a contract with Ministry of Agriculture and National Development, Eritrea for supply and installation of Solar Powered Drip Irrigation Systems of value 18.7 million Euros. 

This is the largest agricultural development for small holders in Eritrea. This project was fully funded by European Union. The project will bring much needed relief for about 2000 farmers in 14 different locations spread over Eritrea, in 7 different clusters of Lots. In each of the 14 project locations, water from reservoirs will be supplied to groups of farmers through the Drip Irrigation systems. 

The water from the reservoirs will be conveyed through underground pipeline into the Drip systems using Solar Photovoltaic Systems, which makes the project sustainable for a long term energy requirements to run the irrigation pumps/Drip systems. The project will be executed in next 18 months whereby the farmers in the project area will be benefited with higher farm incomes.

The project is the first of its kind integrated Drip Irrigation project with Solar pumping in Africa and will be relevant for many other countries where the farms are not connected with Grid electricity.

These community based projects, being undertaken extensively In India and now in Africa, are opening up new vistas for the developing world. They are creating a seamless connect between Macro and Micro, Infrastructure and Agriculture, Availability and Productivity, Cost and Value:

In a signing ceremony presided by the officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of National Development, EU Delegation in Eritrea, and various other dignitaries, the Contract was signed on 8th September 2016.