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- Develi Environmental and Irrigation Project
Develi Environmental and Irrigation Project
Türkiye
Borrower | Türkiye |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 14.12.2004 |
Signed | 05.05.2005 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund |
Executing Agency | General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works |
Co-financiers | Government |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 22.72 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 46.70 |
The project is an integrated irrigation/ environmental initiative that seeks to boost agricultural productivity while protecting the plain’s threatened wetlands.
Phase I completed the construction of three dams and related irrigation schemes over an area of some 19,000 ha. Phase II will divert water from the Zamanti River via a 10,700 m tunnel to allow for the irrigation of a further 9,700 ha of farmland.
This should lead to increased agricultural production, especially at a commercial level, and ultimately raise incomes and living standards among the area’s 100,000 inhabitants.