{"id":1318,"date":"2026-03-16T12:54:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:19:32","slug":"the-world-bank-and-the-european-union-visit-the-radoniqi-dukagjini-irrigation-system-to-review-completed-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/the-world-bank-and-the-european-union-visit-the-radoniqi-dukagjini-irrigation-system-to-review-completed-works\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Bank and the European Union visit the Radoniqi\u2013Dukagjini irrigation system to review completed works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"367\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Carole Megevand<\/span><\/span>, Country Manager for Kosovo at the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">World Bank<\/span><\/span>, visited the rehabilitated and modernized Radoniqi\u2013Dukagjini irrigation system as part of the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">IRIS<\/span><\/span> project.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"733\">With financial support from the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">European Union<\/span><\/span> amounting to \u20ac9.1 million, the project enabled the modernization of the system through new equipment and advanced technology. Once fully operational, the system is expected to expand the irrigated area by nearly 4,000 hectares and significantly increase agricultural productivity in the region.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1318 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/the-world-bank-and-the-european-union-visit-the-radoniqi-dukagjini-irrigation-system-to-review-completed-works\/_jdw9112\/'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JDW9112-300x200.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JDW9112-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JDW9112-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JDW9112-768x513.png 768w, 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https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/651178959_122207948048565903_2799850621849295160_n-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/the-world-bank-and-the-european-union-visit-the-radoniqi-dukagjini-irrigation-system-to-review-completed-works\/649856223_122207948102565903_6146400545763994044_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649856223_122207948102565903_6146400545763994044_n-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649856223_122207948102565903_6146400545763994044_n-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649856223_122207948102565903_6146400545763994044_n-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649856223_122207948102565903_6146400545763994044_n-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649856223_122207948102565903_6146400545763994044_n-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649856223_122207948102565903_6146400545763994044_n-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p data-start=\"735\" data-end=\"1034\">Around 7,000 farmers in the municipalities of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Gjakova<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Prizren<\/span><\/span>, and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Rahovec<\/span><\/span> will benefit from more reliable water supply, more efficient management, and new employment opportunities in the agribusiness sector.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1036\" data-end=\"1335\">\u201cIt was a pleasure to engage with all the stakeholders who contributed to the success of the project. Hearing directly from farmers about the benefits of this modernized system clearly demonstrates the potential for increased production and diversification of agricultural crops,\u201d said Megevand.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1337\" data-end=\"1559\">This cooperation between the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development of Kosovo<\/span><\/span>, international partners and local institutions is directly contributing to strengthening agriculture and promoting rural economic development in Kosovo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carole Megevand, Country Manager for Kosovo at the World Bank, visited the rehabilitated and modernized Radoniqi\u2013Dukagjini irrigation system as part of the IRIS project. With financial support from the European Union amounting to \u20ac9.1 million, the project enabled the modernization of the system through new equipment and advanced technology. Once fully operational, the system is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lajme","category-publikime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1326,"href":"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions\/1326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris-ks.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}