Jordan signs 100-mln-USD loan with OPEC Fund to enhance food security


AMMAN, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Jordan on Tuesday secured a 100-million U.S. dollar loan from OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) to finance the country's emergency food security project.

The loan aims at securing strategic reserves of wheat and barley and enhancing the food security system in Jordan, said Jordanian Planning and International Cooperation Minister Nasser Shraideh, who signed the agreement with OFID Director General Abdulhamid Alkhalifa.

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