Ethiopia has officially inaugurated the Megech Irrigation Dam near Gondar in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama attending the ceremony.
The dam has a storage capacity of 185 million cubic metres of water and is expected to provide irrigation for more than 17,000 hectares of farmland.
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Beyond agriculture, the project is designed to improve access to drinking water for Gondar and surrounding towns.
It is also expected to support fishing, urban farming and tourism, contributing to agricultural productivity, livelihoods and economic development across the region.
