MFF-Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program (Facility)

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The Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program (PIAIP) will result in economic growth and improved sustainability of water and land resources. This will be achieved through improved management of Punjab's water resources and resulting increased productivity of irrigated agriculture. The outcomes from the Program and its investment projects include: (i) physical rehabilitation and upgrading (R&U) of irrigation infrastructure, (ii) improved practices and strengthened institutional frameworks for ground and surface water management, (iii) modernized irrigation management systems operation and procedures, (iv) reformed and restructured institutions for improved and sustainable irrigation service delivery, and (v) capacity development at all levels to support the management and institutional changes. The approach to implementation of projects supported under the PIAIP is based on comprehensive integration of components to achieve the aforementioned outcomes. This approach when combined with MFF modality will not only achieve success in a particular project, but facilitates sustained ADB engagement to have a transformative effective on the entire sector.