All the districts in Himachal Pradesh will now be covered under the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) project. After the first phase, the second phase of the project will run in the state. An amount of Rs 1012 crore will be spent on this project. Earlier, the Project aimed at promoting crop diversification in the target area of five districts (Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi, and Una) in the State of HP, through the development of necessary infrastructures such as irrigation facilities and farm access roads, along with technical training for farmers on vegetable, food grain cultivation, and post-harvesting. After the success of JICA-1, there is now a plan to promote the production of agricultural crops especially vegetables in all the districts of the state. The overall goal of the project is to increase the farmer's income per unit area.

In JICA Project-2, sources of additional income will be created for the farmers of the state by promoting the production of vegetables and other crops. 

Japan's agency will provide a loan of Rs 1012 crore to the state government at a low-interest rate for the Zika Project-2. The loan will have to be repaid within thirty years after the completion of the project.