The technical assistance will help the Government design an investment project to address constraints to increasing agricultural productivity and profitability in the Issyk Kul, Naryn, Talas, and Chui oblasts in the northern part of the Kyrgyz Republic. The outcome of the TA will be the agreed design for the resulting project. The impact of the technical assistance is sustained improvement in the productivity of agriculture land.
| Project Name | Preparing the Agricultural Land Improvement Project | ||||
| Project Number | 39612-012 | ||||
| Country | Kyrgyz Republic |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions |
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| Sector / Subsector | Agriculture, natural resources and rural development - Land-based natural resources management |
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| Description | The technical assistance will help the Government design an investment project to address constraints to increasing agricultural productivity and profitability in the Issyk Kul, Naryn, Talas, and Chui oblasts in the northern part of the Kyrgyz Republic. The outcome of the TA will be the agreed design for the resulting project. The impact of the technical assistance is sustained improvement in the productivity of agriculture land. | ||||
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| Geographical Location | Issyk Kul, Naryn, Talas, and Chui oblasts. |
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| Environment | B |
| Involuntary Resettlement | C |
| Indigenous Peoples | C |
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| Consulting Services | It is estimated that approximately 72 person-months of consulting services (24 person-months international and 48 person-months domestic) will be required. The proposed international experts will include a team leader-economist-institutional specialist, agriculture economist, pastureland ecologist, agronomist, land improvement specialist, rural engineer, environment specialist, social development specialist, and others as needed. The proposed domestic experts will include an economist-deputy team leader, institutional specialist, irrigation systems specialist, agronomist, sustainable land management, agriculture-livestock specialist, agribusiness specialist, rural sociologist, environmental specialist and others as needed. The consultants will be selected and engaged by ADB in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2006, as amended from time to time). It is expected that a simplified technical proposal using the quality- and cost-based selection procedure (80:20 quality-cost ratio) will be adopted for recruiting the consulting firm. Office equipment will be procured in accordance with ADB's Procurement Guidelines (2006, as amended from time to time). |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Everitt, Robert |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Energy Division, CWRD |
| Executing Agencies |
Min of Agriculture, Wtr Res & Processing Industry Sovetskaya Str 175a 2nd Flr. Bishkek, 720011 Kyrgyz |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 10 Mar 2005 |
| Fact Finding | 20 Nov 2006 to 30 Nov 2006 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 23 Mar 2007 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 23 Dec 2008 |
| Last PDS Update | 23 Dec 2008 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 23 Mar 2007 | 10 May 2007 | 10 May 2007 | 29 Feb 2008 | 30 Jun 2008 | - |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 700,000.00 | 0.00 | 175,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 875,000.00 | 23 Mar 2007 | 298,172.85 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Preparing the Agricultural Land Improvement Project | TA Completion Reports | Jun 2009 |
| Preparing the Agricultural Land Improvement Project | Technical Assistance Reports | Mar 2007 |
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