Second On-farm Irrigation Project

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The Second On-Farm Irrigation Project objective is to improve irrigation service delivery on a sustainable basis that will contribute to increased agricultural productivity among irrigation farmers in the Kyrgyz Republic. This will be achieved through further development of water users associations (WUA) and rehabilitation and modernization of irrigation and drainage infrastructure. The project will have three components: (i) WUA strengthening; to ensure that they are able to efficiently and productively utilize the irrigation systems under their management; (ii) rehabilitation and modernization of irrigation and drainage systems on about 51,000 ha managed by an estimated 29 WUAs; and (iii) project management, where the department of water resources will have overall responsibility for project. The project will be implemented country-wide and will target some 500 WUAs with training.