(Ecofin Agency) - During the celebrations of the 57^th anniversary of Mauritania’s independence, its President, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has inaugurated on Monday, November 27, the extension of an agricultural farm spanning over an area of 2,200 hectares, in the River Senegal valley. 

“This project cost 7 billion ouguiyas ($19.5 million) and was backed by the Mauritanian treasury. It will benefit more than 4,400 farmers households from 36 villages located in the Boghé region and its surroundings,” reports Agence de Presse Africaine (APA). 

Beneficiaries should have access to high quality infrastructures. “The extension has a water pumping station equipped with six pumps having a length of 150m each, a 76km-long irrigation network and a water-evacuation network that spans over 74 km. Other facilities include water distribution reserves and a 3.7km-long dike to protect the farm against floods,” the APA added.