Project

Conservation and sustainable use of globally important agro-biodiversity

Lead country

Azerbaijan

Participating countries

Azerbaijan

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From December 13, 2016 to December 31, 2021

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
  2. 15.3 Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil

Project ID: 5482

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Ecosystem management and restoration

Sub-area(s)

  • Agrobiodiversity

Landscape(s)

  • Conserved areas
  • Grasslands

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Productive landscapes/Seascapes
  • Drylands
  • Steppes

Transformed sector(s)

  • Agriculture

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance

Strategy

  • Food and agricultural commodities
  • Governance
  • Management operation

Sub-strategy

  • FACS strategies for sustainable supply chain (TP 4)
  • Sustainable agriculture practices and use of resources (TP 2, 7, 8, 9)
  • Crops diversity, nutrition and ABS (TP 1, 10)
  • Transboundary governance
  • Knowledge/Data management

Social inclusion

  • Local community/CSOs
  • Smallholder farmers

Gender equality

  • Women farmers

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • People pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
  • 15.3 Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil

Conventions and protocols

N/A

Private sector(s)

  • Individuals/Entrepreneurs

Hot topic

  • Poverty reduction
  • Nature-based solution
  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy

About this project

Description

The project will ensure conservation and sustainable use of threatened local plant genetic resources important to biodiversity, land integrity and food security of Azerbaijan. The project concentrates on the steppe, arid and semi-arid zones in Shaki, Goranboy and Kurdemir rayons. On the one hand these are areas which are most affected by wind and irrigation erosion, on the other hand they are home for wild relatives of crops and local land races. 56% of the income of communities in Shaki, Goychay, and Goranboy rayons comes from cereal, cereal-leguminous and vegetable crop agriculture respectively. Household farms here have best remaining traditional skills in crop and vegetable cultivation and relevant facilities/institutions (seed base, research institutes, NGOs) with high potential to raise the share of local genetic material in the production.

Objectives

Ensure the conservation and sustainable use of globally threatened crop varieties important for biodiversity, food security and sustainable land management.

USD $4,310,502

Grant amount

USD $41,400,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($4,310,502)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Azerbaijan

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

In situ and ex situ conservation of agro-biodiversity

 Indicators:

Estimated value (US$/annum) of the state funding allocation to the conservation and use of agro-biodiversity in AzerbaijanExtent (ha) of crop area in the project rayons under more sustainable crop agricultural practices
Extent (ha) of degraded agricultural land in the project rayons restored to productive use through the planting of native cropsLD-PMAT tracking tool score (average score across 4 criteria under LD-1)
Number of households (and number of women) directly involved in the farming of native crops.Number of known landraces and varieties under productive crop cultivation in AzerbaijanProportion (%) of agricultural crop area of project rayons under native crops Area under each traditional crop variety (hectares) in the four targeted districts
Number and extent (ha) of CWR agro-biodiversity hotspots in the project rayons under some form of conservation tenure Number of new, registered native crop seed producing farmers in the project rayons
Number of the targeted native crop varieties being actively maintained in field genebanks
Volume of the targeted native crop seed (tons/annum) made available to seed producers in the project rayons for commercial productionNumber of active farmer-farmer networks established in project rayonsNumber of capacitated extension and advisory service officers deployed in the project rayonsNumber of local farmers participating in project-funded information-sharing, training and skills development programmes
Number of registered members of the regional (i.e. including the project rayons) Wheat Farmers AssociationNumber of state agricultural staff (professional, scientific and technical) participating in project-funded training and skills development programmes
Estimated valuation (US$) of trade in the targeted native crops in the project rayons
Number of new supply agreements concluded between farmers in the project rayons and processors/retailers of niche high-value products derived from native crops Number of processors and retailers trading in niche high value products derived from native crops, and those benefiting from project grant funding support in the project rayons
Numbers of local farmers benefiting from small grants and average (US$) value of grant/farmer

Outcome 2:

Capacity to improve agricultural productivity and reduce land degradation using native crops
Outcome 3:

Incentives and markets to improve the uptake and commercial viability of native crops
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Project reports and documentation

 

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