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Bahrain Agricultural Potential Study comprised three stages
- a Survey and Sector Review, preparation of an Agricultural
Development Plan, and a Project Identification and Feasibility
Study (PIFS). The initial survey identified two agricultural
sectors; a traditional sector based largely on groundwater
irrigation of dates, vegetables and fodder crops, and a modern
sector including the use of treated sewage effluent. The objectives
of the PIFS were identify and prioritise projects which would
utilise the country's agricultural potential to the greatest
advantage.
Funding Agency: Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development,
Kuwait
Services Rendered
As project hydrogeologist Chris Jewell was responsible for
reviewing the agricultural use of groundwater on the Island,
including assessment of borehole yields, salinity, water
consumption, and projection of trends in water level and
salinity. He wrote appropriate sections of the Sector Review
and Feasibility Study, and was involved in discussions with
technical and administrative personnel of the Bahrain Government
up to Ministerial level, in particular with regard to the
problem of rehabilitation of leaking artesian boreholes.
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