Telkuk Water Harvesting Project

Telkuk Water Harvesting Project Telkuk Water Harvesting Project is to promote the sustainable management of rangeland in the Talkuk Locality, Kassala State. Proposed project interventions include:

Increasing water harvesting through constructing traditional teras, libish, and small dams; delineating wild flooding areas; multiplying local grass varieties and forage trees with re-seeding and planting them to improve rangelands, construction of livestock watering points in rangelands and along stock migration routes, rehabilitation of existing hafirs, improvement of livestock market infrastructure; training of para-veterinary workers; supporting participatory landuse planning; promoting off-farm income generating activities, supporting formation of savings and credit cooperatives (SACCOs), improving processing of agricultural products.

The prefeasibility study for the project was carried out in the period 2010-2012 under the Watershed Delineation and Prioritization Project.

Telkuk Water Harvesting Project Telkuk Water Harvesting Project is to promote the sustainable management of rangeland in the Talkuk Locality, Kassala State. Proposed project interventions include:

Increasing water harvesting through constructing traditional teras, libish, and small dams; delineating wild flooding areas; multiplying local grass varieties and forage trees with re-seeding and planting them to improve rangelands, construction of livestock watering points in rangelands and along stock migration routes, rehabilitation of existing hafirs, improvement of livestock market infrastructure; training of para-veterinary workers; supporting participatory landuse planning; promoting off-farm income generating activities, supporting formation of savings and credit cooperatives (SACCOs), improving processing of agricultural products.

The prefeasibility study for the project was carried out in the period 2010-2012 under the Watershed Delineation and Prioritization Project.

The objective of the Telkuk Water Harvesting Project is to promote the sustainable management of rangeland in the Talkuk Locality, Kassala State. Proposed project interventions include:

Increasing water harvesting through constructing traditional teras, libish, and small dams; delineating wild flooding areas; multiplying local grass varieties and forage trees with re-seeding and planting them to improve rangelands, construction of livestock watering points in rangelands and along stock migration routes, rehabilitation of existing hafirs, improvement of livestock market infrastructure; training of para-veterinary workers; supporting participatory landuse planning; promoting off-farm income generating activities, supporting formation of savings and credit cooperatives (SACCOs), improving processing of agricultural products.