Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Dak Lak (VNA) - About 6,000 families in the Central Highlandsprovince of Dak Lak will benefit from a Green Climate Fund (GCF)-funded projecton boosting farmers’ resilience amid water insecurity caused by climate change.
The figure was released at a meeting on October 6 between the provincialPeople’s Committee and a delegation from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) todiscuss the 33-million USD project on strengthening the resilience ofsmallholder agriculture to climate change-induced water insecurity in theCentral Highlands and south-central coastal regions.
Small-scale farmers with plots of less than one hectare who aredependent upon one or two rain-fed crops a year are the most vulnerable tochanges in water availability and its effect on agricultural productivity.
The six-year project (2020-2026) is expected to benefit over 222,400residents, or 10 percent of the population of Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Binh Thuan,and Ninh Thuan provinces, especially women and ethnic minority people.
It is designed to modernise irrigation systems, improve water securityand livelihoods, provide knowledge on climate risk and climate resilientagriculture, and strengthen access to agro-climate information, credit, andmarkets.
Some 4.5 million USD of the funding will be invested in theimplementation of the project in Dak Lak province's four districts of Ea Hleo, CuMgar, Ea Kar, and Krong Pac.
Speaking at the meeting, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Vietnam SitaraSyed urged local authorities to quickly set out a roadmap and complete necessaryprocedures for the implementation to begin before June 4, 2021.
Underscoring the importance of agriculture as a local economic driver, Chairmanof the Dak Lak Provincial People’s Committee Pham Ngoc Nghi pledged to meet allproject requirements so it can be carried out quickly./.
VNA
