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ADB’s $60.2 million Land Improvement Project, approved in July 2006, will address the degradation of about 162,000 hectares of irrigated land in nine districts in Bukhara, Kashkadarya, and Navoi provinces, where crop yields have declined by 30% since 1991, directly affecting about 1.4 million people. The project will improve land reclamation practices and establish three farms to demonstrate innovative farm technologies and enhanced agronomic practices. It will also rehabilitate drainage and irrigation systems to improve water control and efficiency. A technical assistance grant for $800,000, cofinanced by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund of the Government of the United Kingdom, accompanies the loan and will help strengthen institutions and prepare legislation.
In March 2006, ADB approved a $1.5 million Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction grant to pilot a project that will improve basic education for children with special needs to increase their learning, social confidence, and social integration.
ADB also approved a 5-year country strategy and program focusing on four strategic priorities: accelerating rural development, building human capital through basic education and early childhood development, promoting regional trade and transport, and enhancing private sector activities.
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ADB approved a 5-year country strategy and program focusing on accelerating rural development, building human capital, promoting regional trade and transport, and enhancing private sector activities
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