Lead country
Turkmenistan
Participating countries
Turkmenistan
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From September 17, 2016 to September 17, 2021
Project ID: 5459
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Technical team
- Climate Change Adaptation Programme
Technical area(s)
- Mainstreaming integrated policy and planning for climate-resilient & sustainable development
- Cross-sectoral climate resilient livelihoods
Landscape(s)
- Human altered areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- Rural areas
Transformed sector(s)
- Agriculture
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Policy advice
Strategy
- Capacity building
- Law regulation
- Finance economy
Sub-strategy
- Institutional capacity building
- Technical capacity building
- Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
- Fiscal planning
Social inclusion
- Women
Gender equality
- Women farmers
- Livelihoods for women
- Awareness raising (on gender)
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender responsive
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
- People pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use
- 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning
- 13.1 Strengthen resilience, adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards
Conventions and protocols
- National Adaptation Plan (NAP)
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
- Poverty reduction
- Food and agricultural commodities strategy
About this project
Description
Turkmenistan is a water stressed country and has one of the harshest climates in the Central Asian region. Climate change modeling indicates significant increases in temperature and reduction in rainfall. Temperatures are expected to increase by 20C by 2040, with precipitation declining across all agro-ecological zones by 8-17 percent between 2040 and 2100, which coupled with increase in temperature, will lead to a decrease in total volume of water availability that is likely to have a profound impact on agricultural production systems and local farmers. The long-term solution envisaged by the Government of Turkmenistan is to mainstream climate change adaptation at the community, district, provincial and national levels in order to secure climate resilient livelihoods in agricultural communities. To help the Government meet these outcomes, the project will support three inter-related components, namely (i) improving climate related socio-economic outcomes in targeted agricultural communities in Lebap and Dashoguz velayats through the implementation of community-based adaptation solutions; (ii) Mainstreaming climate adaptation measures in agricultural and water sector development strategy and policy; and (iii) Strengthening national capacity for iterative climate change adaptation planning, implementation and monitoring in the country.The project will directly strengthen the adaptive capacity and reduce the vulnerability of around 40,000 to 50,000 persons (of which around 51.2% would be women) in the Lebap and Dashoguz velayets by helping them improve the productivity of farm operations, be better prepared for increasing water scarcity and by introducing alternative income sources. Improved water efficiency and crop production systems will bring approximately 20,000 ha of agricultural and 500,000 ha of pastoral lands under climate resilient technologies resulting in a real net household income increase of at least 15¬¬¬% for participating households (including at least 20% of women-headed households). The replication potential of successful efficient water management and climate resilient practices and of new climate-friendly sectoral planning, legislative and capacity development measures would indirectly benefit around 500,000 people in Turkmenistan, of which around 50% would be women).
Objectives
Supporting climate resilient livelihoods in agricultural communities in Lehap and Dashoguz velayats in Turkmenistan.
USD $3,196,347
Grant amount
USD $20,830,000
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Special Climate Change Fund ($3,196,347)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Turkmenistan
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