Afghanistan : Western Basins Water Resources Management and Irrigated Agriculture Development Project
The project goals are to reduce poverty, improve rural livelihoods and on farm productivity, and to promote the sustainable management of land and water resources. This technical assistance (TA) is to prepare an investment project to rehabilitate and/or develop surface water irrigation systems in selected river basins in the western region of the country as well as develop limited agriculture and market support service and enhance watershed management. Project activities will take place within a framework of integrated water resources management (IWRM) and include substantial stakeholder involvement to help ensure sustainable project O&M.
Project Details
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Project Officer
ADB Disclosure
Central and West Asia Department
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Country/Economy
Afghanistan -
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Sector
- Agriculture, natural resources and rural development
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| Project Name | Western Basins Water Resources Management and Irrigated Agriculture Development Project | ||||||
| Project Number | 36252-012 | ||||||
| Country / Economy | Afghanistan |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Partnerships |
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| Sector / Subsector | Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Water-based natural resources management |
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| Gender | No gender elements | ||||||
| Description | The project goals are to reduce poverty, improve rural livelihoods and on farm productivity, and to promote the sustainable management of land and water resources. This technical assistance (TA) is to prepare an investment project to rehabilitate and/or develop surface water irrigation systems in selected river basins in the western region of the country as well as develop limited agriculture and market support service and enhance watershed management. Project activities will take place within a framework of integrated water resources management (IWRM) and include substantial stakeholder involvement to help ensure sustainable project O&M. The ensuing project from this TA will include the following activities: (i) rehabilitation, improvement, and/or development of irrigation schemes and related infrastructure; (ii) strengthening irrigation management and development and the related policy framework and the advancement of Water User Associations; (iii) associated activities to enhance agricultural production, markets and rural livelihoods; (iv) activities to support IWRM and watershed management; and (v) capacity development of national, provincial, and local sector institutions. | ||||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The TA is in line with the ADB's Afghanistan Country Strategy and Program 2003-2006, and was developed within the framework of the ADB-financed Agriculture Sector Program Loan that underpins ADB's strategy for agricultural development and natural resource management. |
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| Environment | B |
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| Consulting Services | A team of international and domestic consultants will be engaged through a firm using the quality and cost-based selection method in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants and other arrangement satisfactory to ADB for engaging domestic consultants. The consultants will have expertise in (i) irrigation engineering and management; (ii) water resources and river basin management; (iii) hydrology; (iv) water user association development; (v) watershed management; (vi) environment, social and poverty assessment; (vii) vulnerable persons; (viii) agriculture and markets; and (ix) economics. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | ADB Disclosure |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources Division, CWRD |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 31 Jan 2003 |
| Fact Finding | 27 Feb 2004 to 13 Mar 2004 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 26 Oct 2004 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 31 Oct 2005 |
| Last PDS Update | 29 Oct 2008 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 26 Oct 2004 | 25 Nov 2004 | 25 Nov 2004 | 31 Aug 2005 | 31 Dec 2006 | 31 Oct 2007 |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 1,200,000.00 | 760,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,960,000.00 | 29 Oct 2008 | 1,690,943.63 |
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