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  • Leading Organization:
    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    Summary:

    Climate change is projected to have significant impacts on water resources in an already arid Turkmenistan. Water availability and supply are likely to suffer from increasing shortages due to elevated temperatures, overall climate aridification and competition for water arising from regional trans-boundary water issues. Turkmenistan‘s inherent aridity and reliance on agriculture as a source of both income and food renders the country particularly vulnerable to these climate change impacts.

    The main objective of the project is to strengthen water management practices at both local and national levels in response to climate change-induced water scarcity risks that are increasingly affecting farming systems in Turkmenistan. The project will assess and deliver concrete water adaptation measures to local vulnerable communities in the three typical agro-ecological regions, while also strengthening national level water legislation and pricing to ensure water availability for the non-state sector farmers. This combination of outcomes will ensure that concrete actions implemented through AF resources are sustainable beyond the lifetime of the project.

     Source: Project Proposal, 2011

    Project Components:
    1. Policy and Institutional Capacity Strengthening
    2. Community-based adaptation initiatives
    3. Communal systems for water delivery

    Source: Project Proposal, 2011

    Expected Outputs:
    1. Institutional capacity strengthened to develop climate resilient water policies in agriculture
    2. Resilience to climate change enhanced in targeted communities through the introduction of community-based adaptation approaches
    3. Community-managed water delivery services introduced to benefit over 30,000 farmer and pastoralist communities in the three target agro-ecological zones.

    Source: Project Proposal, 2011

    Project Status:
    Project Funded (Approval date: 2011-06-22
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Adaptation Fund
    Cofinancing Total:
    US$ 2,929,500
    Resources:
    UNDP Project Website: Climate-resilient farming in Turkmenistan
    Adaptation Fund Programme Proposal: Turkmenistan
    Adaptation Fund Homepage
    Adaptation Fund: Turkmenistan Project
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    Turkmenistan Project Document
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