He further promised in the New Patriotic Party's 2016 manifesto that he will set up a Zongo Development fund, and also provide villages in the northern part of the country
with irrigation dams.
Not exact matches
Partnering
with local leaders, World Vision helped the community build and maintain a better
dam — a beautiful reservoir of deep blue beneath Hunu, capable of providing
irrigation to ver 170 families and even stocked
with fish for extra protein!
The
dam and
irrigation system were designed by locals, built by locals, and are so well - maintained by locals that they have become completely self - sustaining
with no funding from World Vision necessary.
Partnering
with local leaders, World Vision helped the community build and maintain a better
dam — a beautiful reservoir of deep blue beneath a mountain called Hunu, capable of providing
irrigation to ver 170 families and even stocked
with fish for extra protein.
Eyes are on a new
irrigation dam in a traditionally dry area near Swansea,
with one farmer now wondering if it will ever fill.
In this regard, it is seeking partnerships to extract and process the massive deposits of bauxite at Nyinahin and Kibi,
with a potential value of $ 460 billion, to fund the construction of thousands of kilometres of railway lines, roads, provide
irrigation facilities and
dams, and construct bridges, among others.
The Ministry in collaboration
with Ghana
Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA) completed the rehabilitation of the Mprumen
dam and continued works on Tamne phase -1 headworks; Sakpe Zakpalsi; Kornorkle and Uasi which are at various stages of completion.
With the annual opening of the spillways of the Bagre
dam destroying lives, farmlands, livestock and property in Ghana, President Akufo - Addo and President Kabore also agreed to extend cooperation in the utilisation of the excess water from the
dam for
irrigation purposes in the two countries.
With the effect of climate change, the
irrigation dam comes in handy to enable citizens who are predominantly farmers to cultivate crops all year round without depending on the unregularly rain pattern.
The administration of H.E John Dramani Mahama has really brought us hope
with the many infrastructural projects dotted across the length and breadth of the kingdom such as the various Community Day Senior High School projects at various stages of completion such the Sapeliga SHS, Binduri SHS and Garu SHS, the Tamme
Irrigation Dam, the Garu District Hospital, the Bawku Town Water system, the massive rural Electrification Expansion projects etc We are also glad that the Eastern Corridor Fiber Optic Cable which extends to the Bawku was successfully laid awaiting the next phase.
But 30
dams on the Guadalquivir,
with a total capacity of more than 4 cubic kilometres of water, plus local
irrigation schemes, have caused water tables in the wetland to fall by up to 50 centimetres a year.
The shapes of rivers are dramatically modified
with dams (Lake Mead and Lake Powell) and green oasis shapes appear in the desert
with irrigation.
«Five years in the making, Water is at once Burtynsky's most detailed and expansive project to date,
with images of the 2010 Gulf oil spill, step wells in India,
dam construction in China, aquaculture, farming, and pivot
irrigation systems,» said Susan M. Taylor, Director of the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Dammed reservoirs are used for multiple purposes, such as agricultural
irrigation, flood control, and recreation, so not all wildlife impacts associated
with dams can be directly attributed to hydroelectric power.
Infrastructure (e.g. roads, buildings,
dams and
irrigation systems) will be affected by extreme events associated
with climate change.