Bishkek, Dec. 4, 2018. / Kabar /. For the first time, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) provides Kyrgyzstan with a grant of $ 10 million for climate change adaptation measures to improve food security and nutrition, the country director of the UN World Food Program in the Kyrgyz Republic (UN WFP) Andrea Bagnoli told during a press conference at Kabar News Agency.
He said that the funds will be directed to the implementation of joint projects of the UN WFP in the Kyrgyz Republic and the State Agency for Environment Protection and Forestry (SAEPF) of the Kyrgyz Republic during 2019-2022.
Project participants will be more than 100 thousand villagers in Batken, Osh and Naryn oblasts. WFP UN and SAEPF will implement projects in cooperation with the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Social Development and the Ministry of Agriculture.
He noted that the grant funds will be used for the development of irrigation infrastructure, protection of farmland from floods and mudflows due to the construction of dams and strengthening of river banks.
“In addition, within the framework of the project, farmers will study how to use innovative agrotechnologies for sustainable income in conditions of climate change, including the processing of agricultural products. The allocated funds will also be directed for technical equipping f the Kyrgyz meteorological service. It is planned to establish eight weather stations for collecting, analyzing climate data - changes in temperature, precipitation, etc., as well as disseminating information among farmers. This will allow farmers to better plan agricultural work to increase productivity,” said Bognoli.
He also said that the first tranche will be transferred in April 2019 and the project will be implemented within 3 years. Also, the Green Climate Fund will also tightly track the project implementation on schedule.
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