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Gezira Scheme

1925 · 20th century

The Gezira Scheme is a large irrigation project on the Gezira plain between the Blue and White Niles in Sudan, opened in 1925 when the Sennar Dam was completed. Run as a partnership between the government, a British company and tenant farmers, it grew cotton for export and became the backbone of the Sudanese economy. It remains one of the largest irrigation schemes in the world.

Gezira Scheme
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Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gezira Scheme. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gezira-scheme
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