TIRANA, October 30/ATA/ The government has addressed a fund of 1.7 billion Lekë for the management of drainage and irrigation infrastructure in agriculture in the budget of 2022.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that it has detailed the concrete projects where it will be invested in order to expand the irrigated area of agricultural lands and strengthen the embankments for protection from floods.
The ministry strategy for the coming year provides in the field of irrigation and drainage infrastructure to realize significant investments that are intended to be achieved for the medium term 2021-2023.
In the field of irrigation and drainage infrastructure, it is intended to increase the potentially of irrigable area for farmers from 70% in 2021, to 73% in 2023.
Meanwhile, investments will increase the number of rehabilitated, built and reconstructed hydropower plants.
Also, the irrigation area with the main infrastructure improved, will increase to 35 thousand ha, while the maintenance of flood protection works (longitudinal embankment and transverse panels), against the required total (300 km) from 28% in 2021 will increases to 35% in 2023./a.a/j.p/p.s./
