Saudi Arabia intends to offer water and farming projects worth around 36 billion Saudi riyals ($9.6 billion) to investors in the first quarter of 2019, a newspaper in the world’s largest oil exporter reported on Sunday.

The Environment, Water and Agriculture Ministry will issue tenders for the projects as part of plans to expand desalinated water and farming production in the Gulf kingdom, the Arabic language daily Aleqtisadia said.

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