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Queen Letizia, in the middle of a sand storm in Mauritania


Special envoy to Nouakchott (Mauritania)

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in the middle of a sandstorm in the Mauritanian desert and 17 kilometers from the capital Nouakchott, Her Majesty the Queen has seen first-hand the operation of one of the agricultural projects of the Spanish Cooperation in this Sahelian country: a center of agricultural innovation that from today bears his name.

Dressed in her characteristic red Cooperation vest, goggles and mask to protect herself from the sand, Doña Letizia toured part of this project co-financed by the EU with two million euros. This project is within the food security line of action at a key moment to stop famine in African countries.

The Huertos project, as it is also known, must become a 10-hectare green space in which 130 farming families harvest cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, spring onions… To do this, there is drip irrigation and greenhouses and buildings have been built for livestock.

The Queen has verified in the middle of the sandstorm the operation of the agricultural project
The Queen has verified in the middle of the sandstorm the operation of the agricultural project – EFE

After planting from the seedbed, families are now struggling to pamper those first shoots to be able to harvest within two monthsonce the rainy season starts in July.

This project seeks to achieve self-sufficiency in the area in terms of food but also to generate surpluses with which it can be traded. Mauritania, the size of two Spains and with a population of 4.6 million, gets most of its vegetables and fruit from its more fertile southern region and from imports from Morocco.

Queen Letizia protects herself with glasses and a mask from the sandstorm
Queen Letizia protects herself with glasses and a mask from the sandstorm EFE

Queen Letizia was accompanied by the governor of the Nouakchott region, Fatimentou Mint, the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Pilar Cancela, the Spanish ambassador Miriam Álvarez De la Rosa, and the European ambassador to this country, Gwilm Jones.

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The Queen ends her 48-hour trip to Mauritania this Thursday
The Queen ends her 48-hour trip to Mauritania this Thursday EFE

The Queen, with her red ‘cooperative’ jacket concludes his 48-hour journey today to the projects of the Spanish Cooperation to Mauritania. With the visit to a new hospital emergency center, this seventh cooperation trip concluded.

During the day, the Secretary of State for Cooperation made a balance of the visit: «The Queen is our distinguished aid worker. She believes in Spanish cooperation”, said Cancela who pointed out that “Mauritania is a geostrategic and geopolitically fundamental country”.

In this country, Spain invested 8.4 million in the last year in cooperation projects with three main lines of action: gender equality, health and governance. Food safety is another transversal action.

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