FP045

Ground Water Recharge and Solar Micro Irrigation to Ensure Food Security and Enhance Resilience in Vulnerable Tribal Areas of Odisha

Ground Water Recharge and Solar Micro Irrigation to Ensure Food Security and Enhance Resilience in Vulnerable Tribal Areas of Odisha

  • Status Under implementation
  • Date approved 06 Apr 2017 at B.16
  • Est. completion 19 Sep 2025
  • ESS Category Category B

Enhancing the resilience of vulnerable communities in Odisha through groundwater recharge and solar micro irrigation.

The Indian state of Odisha is highly vulnerable to climate change due to high monsoon variability. This has caused drought and flood affecting the food security of agriculture dependent communities and particularly affecting vulnerable communities. Extreme food insecurity is combined with water scarcity as there is a lack of infrastructure for water conservation.

These climate related challenges will be addressed by enhancing ground water recharge in the community ponds through structural adaptation measures, and the use of solar pumps for micro irrigation. The ground water recharge measures will improve water security and quality for around 5.2 million beneficiaries in vulnerable communities through the installation of groundwater recharge shafts in 10,000 tanks. Tanks and ponds in the region provide effective rainwater collection, but are inefficient at recharging groundwater due to low permeable soil. Ground water recharge shafts can be transformative by demonstrating their ability to recharge the underlying aquifier system, developing long-term groundwater reserves. At the same time, resilient crop planning through irrigation will improve food security in the region, whilst the use of solar pumps for irrigation will increase energy access and contribute to the state’s climate-resilient, low emission crop planning.

The project has an estimated lifespan of 20 years.

Total project value

 

Beneficiaries

 

Direct
5,190,000
Indirect
10,780,000
Theme

Adaptation

Result areas

Project timeline

Pipeline

16 Sep 2016 - 203 days

Funding proposal received

16 Sep 2016

Approved

06 Apr 2017 - 534 days

Approved by GCF Board

06 Apr 2017

Cleared by iTAP

06 Apr 2017

Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval

31 Jan 2018

FAA executed

26 Feb 2018

Under implementation

21 Sep 2018 - 2,016 days so far

FAA effective

21 Sep 2018

Disbursement - USD 1,417,684

12 Jan 2021

Disbursement - USD 10,234,367

01 Mar 2024

To be completed

19 Sep 2025 - 540 days to go

One region

  • Asia-Pacific

One country

USD  
  • Financing
    • Private sector
    • Public sector
  • Size
    • Micro
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large

GCF financing34% disbursed

InstrumentAmount
GrantUSD 34,357,000
Total GCF Financing
USD 34,357,000

Co-financing

Co-financerInstrumentAmount
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 110,671,000
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 7,064,000
Co-FinancingIn-kindUSD 14,205,000
Total Co-Financing
USD 131,940,000

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Accredited Entity

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (India)
Mr. Dinesh P.
Secondary

Chief General Manager
Phone 91 022 6812 0077
climate.change@nabard.org
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National Designated Authority

India
Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Ms. Rajasree Ray Primary
Economic Advisor
Indira Paryavaran Bhavan, Jor Bagh Road, New Delhi-110003, New Delhi, India
Phone 011-2081-9197
rajasree.r@nic.in