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A sector loan project is proposed as the Government of KPP has a development plan to meet the priority development needs of the IAWR sector as included in the CDS up to 2017, and several subprojects were identified for new irrigated agriculture developments associated with small-medium dam constructions. Selection of the subprojects will be carried out during project implementation. The proposed project is in line with the Country Partnership Strategy, which includes water and irrigation as one of the core sectors, and focuses on the expansion of irrigated agriculture as well as the rehabilitation of irrigation systems. It is included in the Country Operations Business Plan.
ADB is already financing improvement of irrigated agriculture over 2 million ha through a $700 million Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program (PIAIP), which includes upgrading the irrigation infrastructure, on-farm agricultural enhancement and institutional reforms.
The impact of the proposed project is increased farm incomes and incomes of non-farm households engaged to agriculture in arid areas in KPP. The outcome is increased agriculture productivity in arid areas. The key outputs will be the following: (i) water supply capacities are increased in arid areas; (ii) water-use and farm-management capacities are increased in arid areas; and (iii) efficient and effective project management system is operational.
The key issues in project design and implementation will be (i) to select feasible subprojects with due consideration given to security issue, sound economic viability, and requirement of land acquisition, resettlement, and compensation for cop losses during project implementation; and (iii) careful assessment and processing of the impact on environment and involuntary resettlement. |
