Period (Date of Loan Agreement):
    January 28, 1998

Place:
    Nationwide (Eastern Indonesia)

Amount Provided:
    16,701 million Yen

Executing Agency:
    Directorate General of Water Resources, Ministry of Public Works

Outline:
The objective of the project is to increase agricultural production such as rice in Eastern Indonesia including East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara Provinces, and thereby contribute to raise farmers' income and create new employment opportunities. The project consists of construction of irrigation facilities, such as dams, weirs and pumps for ground water use (total irrigated area: 26,000ha). This Loan follows previous loans for the Small Scale Irrigation Management Project (I) (Loan Agreement: December of 1989; Loan amount: 1,896 million Japanese Yen) and the Small Scale Irrigation Management Project (II) (Loan Agreement: November of 1994; Loan amount: 8,135 million Japanese Yen).