14 companies apply to invest in Hammad, Sarhan basins — Agriculture Ministry

AMMAN  — A total of 14 companies have applied to invest in Al Hammad and Al Sarhan basins over an area of 50,000 dunums, despite the fact that the area allocated for investment is 36,000 dunums, while four companies met all the required conditions, the Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday. 

Ministry's spokesperson Lawrence Majali said that phases for floating the tender for the projects are part of the executive plan within the national plan for sustainable agriculture, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. 

Majali noted that investment conditions considered the area of the land and the intended crops to be planted and stipulated employing 75 per cent of the workers from the local community.