Eastern Nile Irrigation and Drainage Studies Feasibility Study Wad Meskin Irrigation Project Annex 3: Soils, Land Suitability and Land use

Following the completion of the Diagnosis and Planning, 15,000 ha equally divided between Ethiopia and Sudan were identified and studied up to feasibility level. The Feasibility studies involved advanced investigations including determination of basic engineering design for barrages, diversions, pumping stations, irrigation and drainage infrastructure, land use and cropping pattern and systems, agricultural inputs, credit and crop production, storage, transport and marketing, and economic and financial viability, environmental impact assessment and social desirability of the projects. Detail terms of reference for the next stage (detail design) of the projects have also been prepared.