JICA to finance water and irrigation projects in Iraq

The Japan International Cooperation Agency has signed loan agreements with Iraq to provide Japanese ODA loans of up to a total of 34.88 billion yen for two projects.

The Basrah Water Supply Improvement Project will provide water supply facilities, including a water treatment plant and a water distribution network, in Basrah and Hartha, Basrah Governorate, in southern Iraq.

The second project will construct and rehabilitate irrigation and drainage facility and agricultural land mainly in the Tigris-Euphrates River Basin to improve agricultural productivity.