Sudan: French Agritech Specialists to Help Mechanise Sudan's El Gezira Scheme

Khartoum / El Gezira / El Managil — The management committee of Sudan's El Gezira Scheme and French company FGM International that specialises in developing, managing, and implementing a broad variety of modern farming and agribusiness projects worldwide, signed a Memorandum of Understanding today at El Gezira scheme office in Khartoum, to introduce French mechanised farming technology to the scheme for 18 months.

According to the agreement 5,000 and 16,000 acres will be targeted in El Gezira scheme and El Managil respectively. The signing of the memorandum is the result of studies conducted by a French delegation that visited the country a few months ago, the Governor of Gezira Scheme, Omer Marzuq, said via the official Sudan News Agency (SUNA).

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