Water Harvesting and Agricultural Development in Jebel Mara Massif in Sudan

Abstract

This research investigated the potentiality of Jebel Mara Massif  for growing fruit and crops, to supply the country with, such as potato, onions, garlic, papers, legumes, tomato, …etc, to reduce the imported amount to its least limit. So the main field of this research is to investigate the water supply for the purpose of irrigation, in term of water harvesting in a very special circumstances of Jebel Mara Massif in its geology, geomorphology and soils.

The research carried out some methods to harvest water in Jebel Mara Massif, and presented some solutions for the problems that face water harvesting.