2500 ha of desert ground were highlighted by means of the plantation of palm trees, to attribute them to the farmers at the rate of 1.5 ha by beneficiary with a rural housing.
The project’s objectives :
- Fighting against the desertification by the creation of a green cordon between the great oriental erg and «Chott El-Jerid»
- Fixing the nomad population by improving their life conditions
- Creating new jobs
- Easing the old oases
- Increasing the date’s production : 20000 tons of «Deglet Nour»
The realization phases :
- Experimental phase of 300 ha in «Rjim Maâtoug» and «Matrouha» ( 1984-1987 )
- First slice of 1152 ha : (1990-2001)
- Second slice of 1008 ha : (2002-2009)
