Kyrgyz Republic : Southern Agriculture Area Development Project
The Asian Development Bank is working with Kyrgyz Republic to increase the productivity and profitability of farms, and raise the incomes of farmers, in the southern part of the country. The project is helping farmers in the areas of Batken, Jalalabad, and Osh by providing legal services, credit opportunities and other assistance.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Jones, Randall E.
Central and West Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Kyrgyz Republic -
Modality
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Sector
- Agriculture, natural resources and rural development
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| Project Name | Southern Agriculture Area Development Project | ||||||||
| Project Number | 31196-013 | ||||||||
| Country / Economy | Kyrgyz Republic |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Grant Loan |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development |
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| Sector / Subsector |
Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Agricultural production - Agro-industry, marketing, and trade Finance / Infrastructure finance and investment funds |
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| Gender | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||||||
| Description | The Project's expected impact is: a sustainable increase in farm incomes. The expected outcome of the Project is a sustainable increase in land productivity and profitability. | ||||||||
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| Environment | B |
| Involuntary Resettlement | C |
| Indigenous Peoples | C |
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| Consulting Services | The Project will provide a total of 2,665 person-months of consulting services, comprising 106 person-months of international consultants and 2,559 person-months of national consultants. The international consultants and the length of their service (in person-months in parentheses) are as follows: team leader (27); monitoring and evaluation specialist (13), sociologist (4), farm and agribusiness development specialist (23), irrigation and drainage engineer (9), pasture management specialist (14), GIS specialist (3) and orchard management specialist (5), and unallocated (8). Unallocated person-months will be used to finance international consulting services for aspects found necessary during project implementation. National consultants and the length of their service (in person-months in parentheses) are as follows: project manager (72), deputy project managers (216), financial manager (72), accountants (210), procurement manager (69), lawyer (69), monitoring and evaluation manager (69), senior sociologist (69), environmental monitoring specialist (69), monitoring and evaluation specialist (69), regional engineer (48), draftsmen (90), design supervisors (180), construction supervisors (144), site supervisors (348), trainee engineers (144), senior farm development specialist (69), civil engineer (69), senior pasture management specialist (69), pasture management specialists (138), orchard management specialist (69). In addition the project will employ community coordinators (1,080). The international and national consultants will provide project support and capacity development for advisory services in agriculture and agribusiness, irrigation and drainage, land improvement practices, and project management, including monitoring and evaluation. The international and national consultants will be recruited in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants, using full technical proposals, quality and cost-based (QCBS). |
| Procurement | All ADB financed procurement will follow ADB's Procurement Guidelines. ADB will finance procurement of vehicles, materials and equipment. Contracts valued at $1 million equivalent or more will be procured through International Competitive Bidding (ICB). Contracts valued at less than $1 million equivalent may follow ICB, National Competitive Bidding (NCB), or Limited International Bidding (LIB) as determined by the particular circumstances of the contract package. Below $100,000, procurement may follow the Shopping procedure. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Jones, Randall E. |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, CWRD |
| Executing Agencies |
Min of Agriculture, Wtr Res & Processing Industry Mr. Aidaraliev Sovetskaya Str 175a 2nd Flr. Bishkek, 720011 Kyrgyz |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 01 Dec 2005 |
| Fact Finding | 17 Sep 2006 to 20 Oct 2006 |
| MRM | 17 Nov 2006 |
| Approval | 29 Jan 2007 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 29 May 2007 |
| Last PDS Update | 16 Apr 2010 |
Grant 0073-KGZ
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 29 Jan 2007 | 31 May 2007 | 10 Sep 2007 | 31 Dec 2013 | - | 03 Nov 2009 |
| Financing Plan | Grant Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 5.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 5.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 1% |
| Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 0.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 1% |
Loan 2314-KGZ
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 29 Jan 2007 | 31 May 2007 | 10 Sep 2007 | 31 Dec 2013 | - | 03 Nov 2009 |
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 23.73 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 15.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 100% |
| Counterpart | 8.73 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 0.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 100% |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Southern Agriculture Area Development Project | Project/Program Completion Reports | May 2011 |
| Southern Agriculture Area Development Project | Project/Program Administration Manual | Dec 2007 |
| Financing Agreement Southern Agriculture Area Development Project between Kyrgyz Republic and Asian Development Bank dated 31 May 2007 | Financing Agreement | May 2007 |
| Project Agreement for Southern Agriculture Area Development Project between Asian Development Bank and Financial Institution | Project/Program Agreements | Feb 2007 |
| Southern Agriculture Area Development Project | Reports and Recommendations of the President | Jan 2007 |
| Proposed Loan and Asian Development Fund Grant Southern Agriculture Area Development Project | Procurement Plans | Dec 2006 |
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Tenders
Contracts Awarded
Procurement Plan
| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Proposed Loan and Asian Development Fund Grant Southern Agriculture Area Development Project | Procurement Plans | Dec 2006 |