{"version":"1","article":{"id":"mauritania-el-regba-irrigation-project-pump-testing-2026","slug":"mauritania-el-regba-irrigation-project-pump-testing-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/mauritania-el-regba-irrigation-project-pump-testing-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-el-regba-irrigation-project-pump-testing-2026?lang=en","title":"Mauritania’s El Regba irrigation scheme begins pump testing across 1,575 hectares","summary":"Works are in the final phase; trial pumping and network commissioning are under way, with operation planned for the next summer campaign.","category":"agriculture","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-06T17:58:54+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-06T17:58:54+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-09-27","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Mauritanian News Agency (AMI)","url":"https://ami.mr/fr/archives/303218","publishedAt":"2026-09-27","checkedAt":"2026-10-06"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/mauritania-el-regba-irrigation-project-pump-testing-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-el-regba-irrigation-project-pump-testing-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/mauritania-el-regba-irrigation-project-pump-testing-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-el-regba-irrigation-project-pump-testing-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/mauritania-el-regba-irrigation-project-pump-testing-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-el-regba-irrigation-project-pump-testing-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/mauritania-el-regba-irrigation-project-pump-testing-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-el-regba-irrigation-project-pump-testing-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/mauritania-el-regba-irrigation-project-pump-testing-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-el-regba-irrigation-project-pump-testing-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Mauritania’s agriculture minister visited the El Regba project in Dar El Barka on September 27 to observe trial pumping and commissioning of the irrigation network. The scheme covers 1,575 hectares for irrigated farming and targets 55 village groups.","The PA.TA.M project, financed by the Islamic Development Bank, is valued at about 7 billion old ouguiyas; completion and agricultural operation are planned for the next summer season. Production outcomes have not yet been reported."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Works are in the final phase; trial pumping and network commissioning are under way, with operation planned for the next summer campaign.\n\nMauritania’s agriculture minister visited the El Regba project in Dar El Barka on September 27 to observe trial pumping and commissioning of the irrigation network. The scheme covers 1,575 hectares for irrigated farming and targets 55 village groups.\n\nThe PA.TA.M project, financed by the Islamic Development Bank, is valued at about 7 billion old ouguiyas; completion and agricultural operation are planned for the next summer season. Production outcomes have not yet been reported.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"agriculture","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic agricultural landscape with wheat, olive trees and irrigation channels.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"agriculture","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic agricultural landscape with wheat, olive trees and irrigation channels.","language":"en"}}}