13 schemes that guarantee irrigation for over 41 thousand ha of land

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Frida Krifca, together with the World Bank Regional Director, Steve Navon Schonberger, and the Director for Albania, Emanuel Salinas, visited the Murriz-Thane Reservoir.

Krifca said that the Murriz-Thane reservoir is the largest man-made reservoir in Albania.

"Thanks to the Water Resources and Irrigation Project, financed by the World Bank, 11 dams of irrigation reservoirs and irrigation canals of 13 schemes have been rehabilitated, which today guarantee irrigation for over 41 thousand hectares of land," said the minister.

"I asked for continued support of the World Bank in infrastructure interventions, in order to optimize the safety and sustainability of dams and irrigation systems in the context of climate change in our country," said Krifca.