Monday, June 16, 2008

World Bank approves grant for Afghan irrigation infrastructure

Kabul (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - The World Bank has approved an additional grant of $US28 million to continue supporting the Afghan government's effort to restore irrigated agricultural production in rural areas.

The additional financing to the Emergency Irrigation Rehabilitation Project is designed to provide reliable water supplies to rehabilitated traditional irrigation schemes, in order to increase irrigated areas and to boost agricultural production in rehabilitated schemes.


Source:
Business in Asia Today - June. 16, 2008
published by Asia Pulse

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