Leveraging technology and capacity for smart farming solutions in dairy and horticulture agrifood clusters in the Kyrgyz Republic

Project Summary:

This funding aims to promote the adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies for dairy and horticulture producers and processors in the Kyrgyz Republic, with a focus on reducing GHG emissions through precision irrigation and monitoring systems.

The Kyrgyz Republic, highly vulnerable to climate change, faces increasing threats from frequent natural disasters. These challenges disproportionately impact poor and vulnerable populations whose livelihoods rely mainly on agriculture. The smallholder farmers have limited knowledge and resources to adopt the CSA technologies, hence most of the problems associated with degraded pasture and land, water scarcity, and environmental degradation still persist. To address these challenges, the government seeks to adopt CSA technologies and integrate digital agriculture tools, paving the way toward systematic monitoring and enhancing resilience to climate change in dairy and horticulture smart farms.

This initiative is directly in line with two ongoing lending projects of WBG: (i) the Additional Financing for Integrated Dairy Productivity Improvement Project (IDPIP-AF), and (ii) the Resilient Agri-food Clusters Development Project (RACDP).