Gezira Scheme
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The Gezira Scheme is one of the world’s largest irrigation projects, located between the Blue and White Nile in Sudan and primarily devoted to cotton and other agricultural production.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gezira Scheme canonical | 5 |
| Gezira irrigation scheme | 3 |
| British-era Gezira Scheme | 1 |
| Gezira agricultural scheme | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural project
ⓘ
irrigation scheme ⓘ |
| area |
about 2.1 million feddans
ⓘ
about 880,000 hectares ⓘ |
| challenges |
aging infrastructure
ⓘ
declining cotton yields ⓘ salinization ⓘ waterlogging ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1913 ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Sudan ⓘ |
| crop |
groundnuts
ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ vegetables ⓘ wheat ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan administration
|
| developedWith | British colonial authorities ⓘ |
| economicRole |
major contributor to Sudanese GDP
ⓘ
major source of foreign exchange for Sudan ⓘ |
| environmentalImpact | altered hydrology between Blue and White Nile ⓘ |
| financedBy |
British authorities
ⓘ
surface form:
British government
private British investors ⓘ |
| firstMajorCanalCompleted | 1925 ⓘ |
| governanceModel | state-managed tenant farming system ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
model colonial-era irrigation scheme in Africa
ⓘ
one of the world’s largest irrigation projects ⓘ |
| irrigationType | gravity irrigation ⓘ |
| keyInfrastructure |
Sennar Dam
ⓘ
main Gezira canal ⓘ network of secondary and tertiary canals ⓘ |
| laborType | tenant farmers ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Blue Nile
ⓘ
White Nile ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Sudan ⓘ |
| majorCrop | cotton ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Gezira Board
ⓘ
Sudan Gezira Board ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Wad Madani ⓘ |
| opened | 1925 ⓘ |
| ownershipChange | transferred to independent Sudanese government after 1956 ⓘ |
| planningStartDate | 1910s ⓘ |
| policyChange | subject to liberalization and privatization reforms in late 20th century ⓘ |
| primaryUse | irrigated agriculture ⓘ |
| purpose |
export-oriented cotton production
ⓘ
support of British textile industry ⓘ |
| region | Al Jazirah state ⓘ |
| tenantFarmersCount | over 100,000 tenants at peak ⓘ |
| waterSource | Blue Nile ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
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Gezira agricultural scheme
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Gezira irrigation scheme
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Gezira irrigation scheme
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Gezira irrigation scheme
this entity surface form:
British-era Gezira Scheme