projectFP016
Strengthening the resilience of smallholder farmers in the Dry Zone to climate variability and extreme events through an integrated approach to water management
1950374
Beneficiaries Anticipated number of people with increased resilience
Impact
Adaptation
GCF results areas
- Health, food and water security
- Livelihoods of people and communities
- #6 Clean water and sanitation
Location & People
Region
- Asia-Pacific
Country
- Sri Lanka LKA
Beneficiaries (approx.) 1,950,374
Investment Data
- Financing:
- Public
- Public / Private
- Private
- Project size:
- Micro
- Small
- Medium
- Large
- E&S Risk category:
- Category A
- Category B
- Category C
Total project investment
GCF Financing
- Instrument Grant USD
Co-Financing
- Government of Sri Lanka Grant USD
Project owners
Accredited Entity-
Access Modality: International
- Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment (MMDE) of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Improving integrated water management within the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka in order to strengthen the resilience of smallholder farmers in the face of rising temperatures and extreme weather events attributable to climate change.
Persistent rural poverty afflicts Sri Lanka, with smallholder farmers who cultivate under village irrigation schemes being poorer than those who have access to major irrigation, and more vulnerable to impacts of climate change. Unseasonal rain and low water availability are driving down agricultural production, increasing food deficit and indebtedness, and contaminating surface water. Village irrigation schemes have been damaged through flooding, siltation, and the impact of extreme weather events, which also threaten safe drinking water access.
Irrigation will be improved in the Northern and Eastern Provinces through investing in improving the community irrigation water infrastructure, scaling-up decentralized drinking water systems, and strengthening early weather warnings, flood-response, and water management.
The GCF investment will build on baseline governmental investment in rural water management, so that around 77,500 people in smallholder households will benefit directly, with 1,179,800 indirect benefits of the project.
The project has an estimated lifespan of 7 years.
Persistent rural poverty afflicts Sri Lanka, with smallholder farmers who cultivate under village irrigation schemes being poorer than those who have access to major irrigation, and more vulnerable to impacts of climate change. Unseasonal rain and low water availability are driving down agricultural production, increasing food deficit and indebtedness, and contaminating surface water. Village irrigation schemes have been damaged through flooding, siltation, and the impact of extreme weather events, which also threaten safe drinking water access.
Irrigation will be improved in the Northern and Eastern Provinces through investing in improving the community irrigation water infrastructure, scaling-up decentralized drinking water systems, and strengthening early weather warnings, flood-response, and water management.
The GCF investment will build on baseline governmental investment in rural water management, so that around 77,500 people in smallholder households will benefit directly, with 1,179,800 indirect benefits of the project.
The project has an estimated lifespan of 7 years.
Type | Document title | Published date |
|---|---|---|
| ESS report | FP016 - UNDP - Sri Lanka | 27 Sep 2016 |
| Approved funding proposal | FP016 - UNDP - Sri Lanka | 22 Mar 2017 |
| Gender action plan | FP016 - UNDP - Sri Lanka | 06 Jun 2017 |
| Gender assessment | FP016 - UNDP - Sri Lanka | 06 Jun 2017 |
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Mr. Pradeep Kurukulasuriya Tel: +1 212 906 5884 Mr. Lucas Black Tel: +1 212 906 5842