ADB provides 64 mln USD to Cambodia for irrigation, malaria control
Xinhua
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
PHNOM
PENH, (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed
up to provide a total of 64 million U.S. dollars loan and grant to
Cambodia for the projects of irrigation and malaria control system,
according to an ADB statement.
The
agreement was inked between ADB Cambodia Resident Mission
Officer-in-Charge Jan Hansen and Cambodian Minister of Economy and
Finance Aun Porn Moniroth, the statement said.
"The
two projects will increase farm productivity and boost incomes for
farmers through improved irrigation systems, and help the government
strengthen health services to prevent the spread of malaria," Hansen
said.
The
60-million-U.S.-dollar loan for the Uplands Irrigation and Water
Resources Management Sector Project would support the government's
efforts to increase agricultural production by rehabilitating,
modernizing, and climate-proofing irrigation systems in central Kampong
Thom and northwestern Battambang provinces, the statement said.
The
4-million-U.S.-dollar grant, allocated for Cambodia under the
additional financing for the 2nd Greater Mekong Sub-regional
Communicable Diseases Control Project, will strengthen the national
malaria programs and expand the regional malaria surveillance and
response system, focusing on border districts and information exchanges
among Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
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