Project

Supporting sustainable land management in steppe zone through integrated territorial planning and agro-environmental incentives

Lead country

Kazakhstan

Participating countries

Kazakhstan

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From June 1, 2015 to July 1, 2020

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
  2. 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use

Project ID: 5358

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Ecosystem management and restoration

Sub-area(s)

  • Agrobiodiversity

Landscape(s)

  • Grasslands
  • Deserts

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Steppes
  • Semi-arid (cold winter) deserts
  • Productive landscapes/Seascapes

Transformed sector(s)

  • Agriculture
  • Forestry and other land use
  • Other sectors

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Direct support / Service Delivery
  • Policy advice

Strategy

  • Food and agricultural commodities
  • Law regulation
  • Management operation

Sub-strategy

  • FACS strategies for sustainable supply chain (TP 4)
  • Laws/ Policy/Plan formulation
  • Sustainable land management

Social inclusion

  • Local community/CSOs
  • Private sector

Gender equality

  • Women farmers
  • Livelihoods for women

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Reduce exposure
  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
  • 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use

Conventions and protocols

  • United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
  • National Adaptation Plan (NAP)

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Poverty reduction
  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy

About this project

Description

This 5 year project is designed to transform land use practices in critical, productive, steppe, arid and semi-arid landscapes of Kazakhstan, which constitute the vast majority of its territory, thus ensuring ecological integrity, food security and sustainable livelihoods. Building upon the past experience of GEF funded projects efforts, the project will create a more conducive policy and legal framework for establishment of agro-environmental incentives for sustainable and better integrated pasture and land use planning and management, and build national and local capacity for practical implementation of such planning in the field. Existing best practices and approaches will be replicated at a wider scale within selected representative oblasts namely  Akmola, Kostanai, North and East Kazakhstan Oblasts (i.e., the northern steppe zone: forest steppe, meadow steppe and dry steppe ecosystems), and Almaty and Kzyl Orda Oblasts (i.e., the southern arid zone: desert and steppe semi-desert ecosystems) of the country.

Objectives

to transform land use practices in steppe and semi-arid zones of Kazakhstan to ensure ecological integrity, food security and sustainable livelihoods.

USD $2,000,000

Grant amount

USD $9,499,459

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($2,000,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Kazakhstan: KazAgroInnovation of MOA

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Investment in integrated territorial planning and start-up of agro-environmental incentives

 Indicators:

Area of productive landscapes (pasturelands, crop and fodder production lands) in steppe and semi-arid zones under ILUPs that include a focus on maintaining ecosystem services of agricultural landscapes through SLM practices
Improvement in % of soil humus content in area where ILUPs are in place
Improvement in livestock productivity (as measured by weight gain) in area where ILUPs are in place
Access of small and medium farmers in pilot sites to agro-environmental incentives
Higher education institutions producing graduates with sound understanding of SLM practices in the agriculture sector and distant rangeland management
Indicators of on-the-ground improvements in crop and fodder productivity, soil fertility, salt content, crop rotation, efficiency in water use, etc. (indicators vary by pilot site)
Successful training program on SLM run by KazAgroInnovation for akimat staff from land relations and agricultural departments in areas where pilot projects are to take place
Successful training program run by affiliates of KazAgroMarketing and KazAgroInnovation for small and medium farms on sustainable crop and forage production and livestock breeding
Amendments to existing polices, regulations, and rules such that the support for SLM is stronger
Inclusion of agro-environmental subsidies in State programs
Increase in government financing for SLM practices
Inter-agency mechanism for ensuring coordination of integrated land use planning and agro-environmental incentives operating effectively
Outcome 2:

Enabling policy environment for integrated land use planning and agro-environmental incentives
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Project reports and documentation

 

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