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Eastern Provinces Irrigation Systems Modernization Project
Cuba
Borrower | Cuba |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 16.12.2008 |
Signed | 03.02.2009 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund |
Executing Agency | Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG) of Cuba |
Co-financiers | Government |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 13.00 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 18.66 |
The project will rehabilitate irrigation systems in Cuba’s Eastern Zone, in the provinces of Camagüey, Las Tunas, Holguín, Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo, over a total area of 3,360 ha of irrigable land. This will include:
- replacement of diesel-driven equipment with electrically-driven and low pressure irrigation systems;
- rehabilitation of reservoirs, pumping stations, distribution pipes and canals; and
- purchase of farming equipment such as tractors, plows and graders.