Irrigation Sector Loan (Phase 2)
Irrigation and drainage rehabilitation, Sector loan for sub-projects chosen with the Ministry of Water Resources, outside the Kurdistan region; tentative candidates are one new irrigation and drainage scheme in Dhi Qar, rehabilitation of two existing schemes in Wasit and Babil, and ten small irrigation and drainage facilities for water users associations in Basrah, southern Baghdad, Maysan, Dhi Qar, Karbala and other governorates in Iraq.
The record
- Country
- Iraq
- Location
- Dhi Qar, Wasit, Babil, Basrah and other governorates
- Coordinates
- —
- Technology
- Irrigation and drainage rehabilitation
- Capacity
- Sector loan for sub-projects chosen with the Ministry of Water Resources, outside the Kurdistan region; tentative candidates are one new irrigation and drainage scheme in Dhi Qar, rehabilitation of two existing schemes in Wasit and Babil, and ten small irrigation and drainage facilities for water users associations in Basrah, southern Baghdad, Maysan, Dhi Qar, Karbala and other governorates
- Capital cost
- JPY 17,980 m estimated project cost (JICA ex-ante evaluation, 2018) converted at JPY 110.42 per US$ (World Bank official exchange rate, 2018 average); the JICA loan is JPY 15,465 m
- Stage
- Under construction
- Owner or client
- Ministry of Water Resources
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- JICA Japanese ODA loan of JPY 15,465 million to the Government of Iraq, loan agreement signed 3 May 2018
- Award or start year
- 2018
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-10-19.
History
- 2018-05
JICA signs the loan agreement with the Government of Iraq on 3 May
Sources
6 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- JICA, Ex-Ante Evaluation, Irrigation Sector Loan Project (Phase 2), Iraq (loan agreement 3 May 2018). www2.jica.go.jp.
- Estimated project cost JPY 17,980 million, loan amount JPY 15,465 million; schedule May 2018 to September 2026, deemed complete at the start of service (September 2025); tentative sub-projects in Dhi Qar, Wasit, Babil, Basrah, southern Baghdad, Maysan and Karbala.
- JICA, signing of loan agreements, Iraq (3 May 2018). www2.jica.go.jp.
- Project to construct and rehabilitate irrigation and drainage facilities and agricultural land mainly in the Tigris-Euphrates basin; executing agency Ministry of Water Resources; completion planned March 2025 in that notice.
- JICA project page IQ-P27 (Japanese). jica.go.jp.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Loan amount JPY 15.465 billion and site photographs from Dhi Qar and Basrah. Stage note: no implementation report or completion notice was found; the stage rests on the signed loan, the schedule running to 2026 and the project page, and the two JICA documents give different completion dates.