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- Brackish-Water Shrimp Culture Project
Brackish-Water Shrimp Culture Project
Thailand
Borrower | Thailand |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 19.11.1985 |
Signed | 25.06.1986 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | ADB |
Executing Agency | Department of Fisheries (DOF), Bank for Agriculture and Agriculture Cooperatives (BAAC) |
Co-financiers | ADB, BAAC, Government |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 4.00 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 25.80 |
The project consists of two components: Part A: construction of new shrimp hatcheries; training and extension services; upgrading of shrimp quality control centers; water quality monitoring; project management; consulting services; project monitoring and evaluation; and upgrading of shrimp hatcheries. These components are to be implemented by DOF and related to support services. Part B: improvement of existing shrimp ponds; new shrimp pond development; new brackishwater shrimp hatcheries; and other aquaculture activities. These components are to be implemented by BAAC and relates to credit for improvement of 6,000 ha of existing brackishwater ponds.