Object :
The object of the project’s first slice is the development of 1152 ha of desert ground in palm trees and their conversation during 5 years during period 1990-2001, as well
as the creation of all the necessary basic infrastructures.
The allocation of the small areas of 1.5 ha and housings (by the Ministry of State Administered Properties) to the beneficiaries was finished in 2001 according to the financing protocol signed between the Tunisian Republic and the European Community in August, 1989.
Cost and Financing :
The cost of realization of the project first slice was 32 000 000 Dinars (TND) distributed as follows :
- Tunisia : 10 000 000 TND
- European Union : 15 000 000 TND
- Italy : 7 000 000 TND
Realizations :
- Creation of 17 drillings
- Hydraulic organization of 1152 ha (irrigation and drainage)
- Plantation of 1152 ha
- Protection of 1152 ha by the creation of 480 km of dry palms fences
- Creation of 120 ha of forested bands
- Creation of 25 km of agricultural track
- Construction of :
- 770 rural housings (Nasr village and Ferdaous village)
- 2 mosques
- 2 primary schools
- 1 school
- 2 advice Centers
- 1 Moorish bath
- 1 training centre for the rural girl
- Supply of the project zone in electricity through an electric line : 94 km
- Tarred road connecting «Rjim Maâtoug» with «El-Faouar» : 70 km
The beneficiaries :
- 728 beneficiaries of farmer's small area (1.5 ha)
- 09 beneficiaries of engineer's small area (4.5 - 6 ha)
