Legislative Decree No. 91 of 2005 establishing the Fund for Financing the National Project for Shifting to Modern Irrigation. Country/Territory Syrian Arab Republic Document type Legislation Date 2005 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Water Keyword Special fund Institution Irrigation Geographical area Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Western Asia Abstract This Legislative Decree is composed of 21 articles. Article 1 gives terms and definitions. Article 2 decrees the establishment of the Fund at the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform called “Fund for Financing the National Project for Shifting to Modern Irrigation”. Articles 3 and 4 deal with the capital, incomes and financing resources of the Fund. Article 5 entrusts the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform to be the Order of Payment of the Fund. Articles 7 to 11 provide for the management and internal organization of the Fund. Article 12 permits to land’s tenants and farmers to benefit of Fund loans after the approval of landowners. Articles 13 to 15 deal with procedures and measures for calling in and collection of loans. Article 16 entrusts the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform to define lands which can benefit from the Fund. Article 20 charges the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform to issue the Implementing Directives of the Fund. Full text English/Arabic