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ADB is assisting the six member-countries of the Coral Triangle Initiative strengthen coastal and marine ecosystems management through a $2.3-million technical assistance.

ADB is providing a $3.45 million technical assistance grant to Cambodia to help diversify and boost the incomes of thousands of marginal farmers, small land holders, and poor householders living in and around the resource-rich Tonle Sap Basin.

Sharecroppers, women, and other marginal groups living in one of India's poorest states will receive new employment and income opportunities under an ADB, Government of Japan-funded project.

ADB has welcomed the decision by six Asia and Pacific nations to endorse a Coral Triangle Initiative agreement that lays out a plan of action to ensure the sustainability of their shared coastal and marine resources.

A US$750,000 grant from ADB will assist Bangladesh in implementing a planned multi-million loan project in 2010 that will improve irrigation services and further enhance the country's water sector as a whole.

Southeast Asia, one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to climate change, faces a poorer future unless global warming is controlled, says a new ADB study.

Cambodia's drive to boost rural incomes and provide job skills for unemployed youth in some of its poorest communities are being supported by ADB and the Government of Japan.

A US$25.6 million grant from ADB will help restore economic activity to parts of Nepal devastated by last year's monsoon floods.

A loan from ADB will be used to improve the safety, quality, and quantity of Viet Nam's commercial food crops, and provide alternative and clean energy supply to households.

The National Agro Foundation is putting in place agricultural technologies and livelihood and training programs that have the potential to benefit millions of small farmers in India, says Foundation Managing Trustee S. S. Rajsekar.