Jordan: Food for Progress Program For Jordan Update

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The Food for Progress Program for Jordan funded the construction of the al-Karak Dam in the al-Karak Governorate, 150 kilometers south of Amman. The project has been funded using $10.4 million of monetized funds (from donated U.S.-origin hard red wheat) and an additional $4 million from the Government of Jordan. The dam construction was completed in late September 2017. The dam will assist over 25,000 beneficiaries in the Karak Valley in irrigating agricultural lands.  

Jordan: Food for Progress Program For Jordan Update

Jordan, Near East

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