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  • U.S. Government Provides 36 Million Dollars To Rehabilitate Pumping

    U.S. GOVERNMENT PROVIDES 36 MILLION DOLLARS TO REHABILITATE PUMPING STATIONS

    armradio.am
    01.10.2009 14:48

    The Millennium Challenge Account - Armenia (MCA-Armenia) SNCO signed
    a contract with a French consortium - Farmex Technologies, Florian
    Lopez and Gaxieu Ingenerie - to rehabilitate 17 pumping stations as
    part of the MCA-Armenia's Irrigation Infrastructure Project.

    In the presence of Armenia's Deputy Prime-Minister and Minister of
    Territorial Administration, Armen Gevorgian, and senior officials
    of the U.S. and Armenian governments, the contract was signed
    by MCA-Armenia CEO Ara Hovsepyan and Farmex Chairman Noureddine
    Smali. These works represent the largest single contract under
    the Irrigaton Infrastructure Project and play a significant role in
    helping to reduce rural poverty in Armenia by increasing the economic
    performance of its agricultural sector.

    Rehabilitation of these 17 pumping stations will provide reliable
    irrigation water, increased electricity efficiency and improved
    agricultural productivity to over 182,000 beneficiaries in 100
    communities throughout Ararat, Armavir, Aragatsotn, Gegarqunik,
    Tavush and Syunik marzes.

    Currently, over 31,000 hectares of arable land receive water from
    these pumping stations, which serve as the only source of irrigation,
    especially for household plots.

    Additional works under the MCA-Armenia's Irrigation Infrastructure will
    involve the rehabilitation of six main irrigation canals, construction
    of four gravity schemes, upgrading of tertiary irrigation systems in
    over 70 communities and improvements to the Ararat valley drainage
    system.
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