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Cape Verde prepares strategic water reserve

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Cape Verde’s government is preparing a strategic water reserve and plans to improve quality control and water reuse, Prime Minister Francisco Carvalho announced. The measures should strengthen supplies and the country’s response capacity; the government is also supporting farmers through a 90-million-escudo protected cultivation programme, reports Expresso das Ilhas.

The Cape Verdean government is working to create a strategic water reserve, improve quality control and increase water reuse, Prime Minister Francisco Carvalho announced. He was speaking during a parliamentary debate on transparency and governance, reports Expresso das Ilhas.

The government has invested in increasing desalination capacity in Praia, the capital, and Calheta de São Miguel. It is also allocating 90 million Cape Verdean escudos to a protected cultivation programme aimed at directly supporting farmers. Mr Carvalho cited micro-irrigation and water mobilisation among the measures intended to strengthen agricultural production and market supplies.

The prime minister also said that the government was improving fishing infrastructure, access to ice and marketing conditions. It is also preparing to extend the Cidade Segura programme and strengthen the National Police to improve prevention and responses to the population’s needs, according to Expresso das Ilhas.

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