US$ | |
2 only self-contained petrol driven diaphragm pump high pressure spray units | 6 000 |
Spray guns, hoses - spares | 1 000 |
2 only 15 hp Johnson outboards | 3 000 |
1 only 5-m flat-bottomed boat (aluminium) | 5 000 |
1 only 1 000-1 spray vat (fibreglass) | 1.000 |
1 pick-up truck | 8 000 |
500 1 Rodeo (glyphosate) at US$ 30/1 sufficient to spray 80 ha (access for fishermen and Barsik Fish Farm feeder canals) | 15 000 |
3 000 1,72 percent 2,4-D amine at US$ 5/1 (sufficient to spray equivalent of 500 ha) | 15 000 |
TOTAL | 54 000 |
Figure 1: One of the large Barsik Fish Farm ponds, with reed Phragmites australis encroaching
Figure 3: Lake Edku, fish landing site at Beheira
Figure 4: Hitachi amphibious excavator used for dredging feeder and drain canals