Afghanistan: Emergency Irrigation Rehabilitation Project [Additional Financing]

WASHINGTON, June 12, 2008- The following projects were approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors:

IDA Grant: US$ 28 million

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Emergency Irrigation Rehabilitation Project aims to assist the Government of Afghanistan in restoring irrigated agricultural production in its rural areas, through improved and reliable water supply to rehabilitated traditional irrigation schemes. Increased area under agricultural production; and increase in agricultural production in rehabilitated schemes are the key outcomes,

For more information, please call Erik Nora at (202) 458-4735 or e-mail here at enora@worldbank.org

For more project information please visit: http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P110893