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The grant aims to increase Mexico’s farm level productivity and climate resilience post Covid-19 by creating a smart farms system with pilot sites and leveraging Korea’s experience. In particular, the smart farm pilots are expected to first increase the R&D capacity and knowledge of smart farm practices among extension service providers and farmers. Next, the demonstration of productivity growth, climate resilience, and financial viability is expected to accelerate the demand for smart farm technologies and lead to scaleup through the World Bank-financed project, AGROINCLUYE. The proposed pilot smart farm investments will spark a more resilient and sustainable post-COVID-19 recovery for the agri-food system by promoting climate-smart agriculture initiatives and the implementation of green and clean technologies to drive green growth.

List of Activities

• Activity 1: One-week training course and study tour in South Korea to build awareness and support for developing the procurement of technologies and specialized consultancies.
• Activity 2: Establishment of pilot smart-farms. 
• Activity 3: Public Agency Advisory Services to Technology Development Centers.

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1: 

• Study tour and development of an OLC course on Smart Farm Systems for World Bank staff and counterpart teams

Output 3:

• Korean experts visit to Mexico
• Training delivered to lead farmers, CDT researchers, and extension officers;
• Workshops and learning events organized with Korea and Mexico’s agriculture ministries and public agencies.

Outcomes

• Increased capacity of FIRA and World Bank AGF GP staff to implement and supervise pilot smart farms.
• Mainstreaming of smart farm investments in projects financed by the World Bank.
• Enhanced technical learning and awareness among CDT researchers, extension agents, and farmers.
• Strengthened linkages between Korea and Mexico’s agricultural ministries and public agencies.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)
• Agency of Education, Promotion and Information Service in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (EPIS)

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Economic shocks related to the COVID-19 pandemic have severely affected the agriculture and food sector, poverty, and food security. National lockdowns and international demand and supply disruptions caused Mongolia’s GDP to contract by 5.4 percent. According to enterprise surveys, employment and incomes shrunk by 40 percent and 50 percent, respectively. The solutions to be identified under the grant aims to contribute to the economic recovery from COVID-19 and strengthening Mongolia’s future pandemic preparedness, linking with the twin pillars of the Korean digital new deal and green new deal. Specifically, the grant activity will support the implementation of digital agriculture activities and smart farm solutions. It will contribute to a prospective green and competitive agriculture project, which is expected to have a strong element of the development of regional clusters for green and competitive agriculture, promoting climate-smart and low carbon agriculture and livestock development models. The grant fund will support the development of the concept of green and competitive agriculture/livestock cluster models, combining the data-driven and climate-smart farm solutions with disruptive innovations including digital technologies for extension, agriculture services delivery, smart logistics, food safety, traceability systems, and marketing models.

List of Activities

• Activity 1: Provide technical assistance for conceptualizing and piloting green and competitive agriculture (crop and livestock) clusters and examine the constraints for financing green agriculture technologies and propose alternative solutions based on good practice examples from Korea and other global experiences.
• Activity 2: Provide support the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry (MOFALI) and the General Administration for Veterinary Sciences (GAVS) to develop an e-Agriculture framework and investment proposals. 

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1: 

• Number of smart farm solutions identified for pilots and scale-up
• A study on assessment of potential green and competitive agriculture/livestock clusters
• An assessment study of green agriculture finance in Mongolia

Output 2: 

• Data governance policy for smart agri-food systems developed
• Assessment report of existing digital databases and analytical tools for agri-food systems in Mongolia

Outcomes:

• Adoption of new technologies, innovation ideas, know-how by the private sector
• Private capital mobilization strategies for green growth agriculture/livestock
• Development of roadmap for smart agri-food governance plan by integrating existing IT platforms in MOFALI
• Increased public investment targeted towards smart agri-food governance systems in operation.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• National Information Society Agency (NIA)
• Korea Institute for Animal Product Quality Evaluation (KAPE)

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Building on the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project(KCSAP) and the One Million Digital Farmer Platform(OMFP), this project aims to offer technical support and catalytic grant support to both the Private and Public Sector, thereby ensuring that digital technologies are leveraged for scaling up green agriculture technologies in Kenya. 

List of Activities

• Catalytic Grants to Agritech Startups from the private sector including Korean start-ups and linking them with KCSAP and OMFP initiatives, leverage digital technologies to promote green growth.
• Provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture and helping them in scaling up Climate Smart technologies and Digitization for improving decision making and service delivery.
• Systematically bringing in the technical expertise of the Korean ecosystem including institutions such as the Plug & Pay Tech Centre, Korea Telecom and other Korean Startups in the Digital Ag-space and MAFRA will be brought in systematically across both the above approaches.
• Knowledge and learning event to bring together key stakeholders from Korea and Kenya Innovation Challenge on Climate Smart Green Technologies in collaboration with Korean institutions.
• Explore collaborations with Korean institutions including National Information Society Agency (NIA) on Smart Farming and Greenhouse Technologies and MAFRA on Climate Smart Data Platforms and green growth and organic certification for value chains.

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1

• Behavior change of MoA officials who influence policy and decision making; adaption of strategies that promote green growth
• Increased awareness of multi-sectoral climate smart technologies and approach across the counties
• Knowledge products developed post event
• Indicators: Successful event with a participation of 16-45 county stakeholders and at least 10 Korean counterparts

Output 2

• Initiate additional cohort members to the one million farmer platform. This cohort will focus on green growth and climate smart technologies
• Offer technical assistance to the cohort so that they work closely with the counties to ensure technologies are incorporated on the ground with the support of NARIGP and KCSAP Projects
• Indicators: Target number of farmers reached through selected climate smart DATs with the support of KGGTF at county level, especially through the One Million Farmers Platform

Output 3

• Offer technical support the county officers both at national and county level
• Training program with Koreans to create change agents within MoALFI and other organizations such as KALRO to adopt technology
• Capacity-building activities with technology providers such as Microsoft and other relevant ecosystem players for MAAIF and PCU officials
• Indicators: Technical support on scaling up climate smart digital initiatives through the Agriculture Transformation – Enabling Policy Framework developed

Output 4

• Technical support on scaling up climate smart digital initiatives through the Agriculture Transformation – Enabling Policy Framework developed
• Indicator: Understand the current certification programs for value chains on Kenya

Outcomes

The project will support scaling up the Climate Smart and Green Agriculture Technologies by leveraging digital technologies with at least 100,000 farmers. Other expected outcomes include enhanced capacity within the Ministry of Agriculture at the national level and country level and KALRO on the use of Big Data, AI, and the overall Digitization Agenda in Kenya. Application of Korea’s expertise in Climate Smart Agriculture by mainstreaming climate smart and green technologies in Kenya is also expected from this grant.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• National Information Society Agency (NIA) on Smart Farming and Green House Technologies.
• MAFRA on Climate Smart Data Platforms and green growth and organic certification for value chains
• Korean ecosystem including institutions like the Plug & Play Tech Centre, Korea Telecom and other Korean Startups in the Digital Agriculture Space and MAFRA will be brought to the collaboration approaches.

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The project is structured into three main components with activities grouped around climate adaptation, building resilience, and mitigation in the agri-food system by leveraging digital technologies with the fourth component focused on dissemination. The project aims to co-create a green climate-smart agri-food system in Uganda by building capacity within the Ugandan ag-tech ecosystem and fostering innovation partnerships with Korean technology partners. The team aims to attain the objective by leveraging digital technologies to deploy climate-smart agriculture (CSA) production and processing technologies, innovations, and management practices in Uganda’s agri-food system. The project will contribute to Uganda’s key priority to develop climate adaptation and mitigation strategies for agriculture as well as promote digital agricultural technologies in the context of Covid-19.

List of Activities

• Scaling up climate adaptation with climate-smart e-vouchers
• Building resilience through Digital Platforms
• Building Green Agri-Tech Ecosystem that includes organizing a Green Innovation
• Challenge Day and post-challenge ecosystem building activities for mitigation
• Dissemination of the materials

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1

• Identification and feasibility assessment of on-farm CSA technologies through e-voucher completed by creating (i) CSA Profiles of 2 ACDP districts (ii) feasibility study of CSA e-vouchers in 2 districts
• Bringing Korean expertise and CSA best practices to Uganda for technical exchange by (i) 50 Government officials trained (ii) 10 Korean counterparts involved (iii) 1 Knowledge Exchange workshop organized

Output 2

• Digital climate-smart agriculture solution piloted with learnings for further scale-up
• At least 50 youth involved (with 50% women participation)

Output 3

• Finalizing and recruiting 5 green agri-tech startups/green post-harvest technologies to work with the CSAAD project
• Participation of at least 20 agri-tech startups/ green post-harvest technologies for the Green Innovation Challenge Day for a competitive selection
• Green Innovation Day organized in the presence of 100 stakeholders

Outcomes

The outcomes of this grant will be geared towards building public and private sector capacity in Uganda and co-creating a green climate-smart agri-food system to be achieved by identification of on-farm climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies and feasibility assessment of their deployment through digital technologies (e-voucher system); field testing of an agricultural resilience and monitoring system; development of a green agri-tech ecosystem with innovations and green post-harvest technologies.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korea Program on International Agriculture (KOPIA) to identify and bring Korean expertise for complementary training and support in CSA practices.
• Korea Telecom (KT) will bring in technical expertise and core technologies in the form of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to co-develop a digital climate-smart agriculture solution.
• The team will also invite Korea green agri-tech stakeholders to Innovation Challenge Day in Uganda to induce the cross-fertilization among Korean digital agricultural technology entrepreneurs and African entrepreneurs, transferring technology, matching business opportunities, and attracting private sector investment to promote green and innovative approaches to expand business opportunities in two regions.

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The project aims to create knowledge of insect farming for food and feed for increased food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. The task will pilot insect farming to generate new development knowledge on novel insect-based-protein through resilience building; climate-smart insect-protein production, processing, and commercialization. This will increase access to high-quality nutrition for people and animals, while creating resilient-green jobs and livelihood, growing African economies sustainably through a green-circular economy methodology. Building on the Korean experience, a global leader on insect farming, and ongoing support to Africa through bilateral and multilateral ODA, this project will pilot disruptive and green-agriculture-production technologies to produce nutritious food rapidly; mainstream Korean experiences and inclusive-green-growth knowledge contribute to increased protein intake.

List of Activities

• Developing trainings regarding Insect Farming for Food and Feed (IF4FF)
• Implementation of insect farming structures and organization of farmer groups
• Insect production and processing
• Documentation and dissemination

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1

• Participation of development partners
• Production of 3 training manual and guidelines for training of beneficiaries three training manuals with and guidelines

Output 2

• Investment framework incorporating GG principles
• 3 action plans for pilot created
• Create 3 pilot programs
• 3 identification of entry points for future pilot investment programs 

Output 3

• Reduced organic waste and GHG emission by 30% per year
• Investment framework incorporating GG principles
• Private sector participation 
• 150 jobs and livelihoods supported

Output 4

• 3 knowledge products produced(Report/book, overview, movie)
• 8 dissemination events
• 5 participating institutions in each event
• 3 Korean counterparts involved
• 15 dissemination of findings (blogs, movie, interviews,presentations, etc.)

Outcomes

The project will contribute to improving food-and-nutrition security in Sub Saharan Africa. By introducing, and scaling up novel-insect-based food, a greener and environmentally sustainable food production will be introduced to improve the nutrition quality and human development. Further to increasing increase knowledge of resilience-building insect production and novel-protein-food processing by applying new-disruptive technologies that are easy to implement in low-capacity settings, such as digital-insect farming; generate new knowledge of novel-rapid-scale-up-food production to improve food security, jobs, livelihood, and entrepreneurship. The task team will enhance collaboration between the World Bank and Korean institutions such as Korean Rural Development Agency (RDA) and private companies such as CIEF and Entomo. The project will also focus on the development of vulnerable populations (women and youth).

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korean Rural Development Agency (RDA) to rapidly increase food-and-nutrition security; increase knowledge of how to rapidly produce food with GCE methodology; provide solutions to address food insecurity crisis;
• Korean Program of International Agriculture (KOPIA) to provide trainings for vulnerable population such as women and youth.
• Korea University and North Jeolla University to assist in developing questionnaires for surveys, and contribute to knowledge gathering.
• Korean Insect Farming Companies such as Entomo for knowledge sharing on processing and sustainable supply chains. The team also plans to cooperate with GGGI on waste collection technologies.

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The project aims to improve smallholder farmers’ access to quality inputs and extension services by harnessing digital technologies in Myanmar. The project will also support the design and piloting of digital enabled activities in agriculture, particularly testing digital solutions to improving access to quality inputs and e-extension under the World Bank financed $200 million project in Myanmar, the National Food and Agriculture System Project. The grant will support activities to test innovative ideas of creative service delivery platform of green and sustainable agricultural practices for smallholder farmers and to demonstrate proof of concept to the Government of Myanmar for further scaling up.

This grant is linked to Lending ($200,000,000).

List of Activities

1. Innovation Forum and Challenge Events 
2. Program design for a pilot digital solution to improve farmers' access to inputs
3. Development of content and design for e-extension program
4. Designing a road map to establish smart farm technology in Myanmar

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• AgTech entrepreneurs identified to participate in the activities 1,2 and 3

Output 2:

• A digital input support pilot designed and implemented

Output 3:

• 3.1. Digital extension contents developed
• 3.2. digital platform designed for extension service

Output 4:

• A road map to establish smart farm technology in Myanmar

Outcomes:

The project will achieve improved efficiency, greater resilience, and increased competitiveness of agriculture in Myanmar. One expected outcome is Government of Myanmar’s input support program, which creates incentives for smallholder farmers to introduce green practices, will improve its efficiency and Transparency by introducing digital voucher mechanism. Another expected outcome is the extension services, which support smallholder farmers to improve the productivity, will improve efficiency in delivering tailored services with digital platform and well-designed contents. Secondly, the project will improve resilience by supporting smallholder farmers to adopt climate resilient crops, climate smart technologies, and green agricultural practices. Lastly, the project aims to increase competitiveness by identifying and linking Ag-tech entrepreneurs with scalable and creative solutions in Myanmar with Korean innovative peers; and by leading smallholder farmers to adopt smart farm technologies and increase production of market oriented high value crops.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• National Information Society Agency (NIA) to understand the current ecosystem of the digital technologies and ag-tech enterprises in Myanmar and the region.
• Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to design e-extension contents which align with KOICA’s extension service mechanism enhancement project, and ensure the harmonized operation of e-extension.

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The project aims to improve smallholder farmers’ access to quality inputs and extension services by harnessing digital technologies in Lao PDR. The project will also support the design and piloting of digital enabled activities in agriculture, particularly testing digital solutions to improving access to quality inputs and e-extension under the World Bank financed $25 million project in Lao PDR, the National Food and Agriculture System Project. The grant will support activities to test innovative ideas of creative service delivery platform of green and sustainable agricultural practices for smallholder farmers and to demonstrate proof of concept to the Government of Lao PDR for further scaling up.

This grant is linked to Lending ($25,000,000).

List of Activities

1. Innovation Forum and Challenge Events 
2. Program design for a pilot digital solution to improve farmers' access to inputs
3. Development of content and design for e-extension program
4. Designing a road map to establish smart farm technology 

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• AgTech entrepreneurs identified to participate in the activities 1,2 and 3

Output 2:

• A digital input support pilot designed and implemented

Output 3:

• 3.1. Digital extension contents developed
• 3.2. digital platform designed for extension service

Output 4:

• A road map to establish smart farm technology

Outcomes:

The project will achieve improved efficiency, greater resilience, and increased competitiveness of agriculture in Lao PDR. One expected outcome is Government of Lao PDR’s input support program, which creates incentives for smallholder farmers to introduce green practices, will improve its efficiency and Transparency by introducing digital voucher mechanism. Another expected outcome is the extension services, which support smallholder farmers to improve the productivity, will improve efficiency in delivering tailored services with digital platform and well-designed contents. Secondly, the project will improve resilience by supporting smallholder farmers to adopt climate resilient crops, climate smart technologies, and green agricultural practices. Lastly, the project aims to increase competitiveness by identifying and linking Ag-tech entrepreneurs with scalable and creative solutions in Lao PDR with Korean innovative peers; and by leading smallholder farmers to adopt smart farm technologies and increase production of market oriented high value crops.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• National Information Society Agency (NIA) to understand the current ecosystem of the digital technologies and ag-tech enterprises in Myanmar and the region.
• Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to design e-extension contents which align with KOICA’s extension service mechanism enhancement project, and ensure the harmonized operation of e-extension.

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The project aims to improve smallholder farmers’ access to quality inputs and extension services by harnessing digital technologies in Cambodia. The project will also support the design and piloting of digital enabled activities in agriculture, particularly testing digital solutions to improving access to quality inputs and e-extension under the World Bank financed $930 million project, the National Food and Agriculture System Project. The grant will support activities to test innovative ideas of creative service delivery platform of green and sustainable agricultural practices for smallholder farmers and to demonstrate proof of concept to the Government of Cambodia for further scaling up.

This grant is linked to Lending ($930,000,000).

List of Activities

1. Innovation Forum and Challenge Events 
2. Program design for a pilot digital solution to improve farmers' access to inputs
3. Development of content and design for e-extension program
4. Designing a road map to establish smart farm technology 

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• AgTech entrepreneurs identified to participate in the activities 1,2 and 3

Output 2:

• A digital input support pilot designed and implemented

Output 3:

• 3.1. Digital extension contents developed
• 3.2. digital platform designed for extension service

Output 4:

• A road map to establish smart farm technology 

Outcomes:

The project will achieve improved efficiency, greater resilience, and increased competitiveness of agriculture in Cambodia. One expected outcome is Government of Cambodia’s input support program, which creates incentives for smallholder farmers to introduce green practices, will improve its efficiency and Transparency by introducing digital voucher mechanism. Another expected outcome is the extension services, which support smallholder farmers to improve the productivity, will improve efficiency in delivering tailored services with digital platform and well-designed contents. Secondly, the project will improve resilience by supporting smallholder farmers to adopt climate resilient crops, climate smart technologies, and green agricultural practices. Lastly, the project aims to increase competitiveness by identifying and linking Ag-tech entrepreneurs with scalable and creative solutions in Cambodia with Korean innovative peers; and by leading smallholder farmers to adopt smart farm technologies and increase production of market oriented high value crops.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• National Information Society Agency (NIA) to understand the current ecosystem of the digital technologies and ag-tech enterprises in Myanmar and the region.
• Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to design e-extension contents which align with KOICA’s extension service mechanism enhancement project, and ensure the harmonized operation of e-extension.

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The objective of this project is to mainstream Green Growth (GG) in the proposed Program for Result (P4R) operation for Sustainable Livestock Development Project in Kazakhstan. Development of an export-oriented meat sector would help Kazakhstan diversify its exports away from oil, better use its other natural resource (pasture and grassland) and promote rural growth. Meanwhile, since Kazakhstan has limited experience with the export-oriented meat sector, substantial international competition can create significant obstacles in its efforts aimed at sustainable livestock development. Moreover, livestock production is associated with a significant carbon and environmental footprint.  While Kazakhstan has declared Green Economy principles as a core of its development pathway through 2050, its government has little experience in policies and principles of GG, especially in the agri-food sector. With KGGTF funding this initiative will help to design the P4R by contributing to technical assessment, which in turn will support policy actions necessary for mainstreaming Green Growth in Government Livestock Program.  This project will also support job creation and contribute to improved incomes in rural areas by incentivizing green investments for productivity gains, increasing technology transfer, and improving food quality and safety. 

This grant is linked to Pipeline Lending ($500,000,000).

List of Activities

1. Operationalizing Green Growth principles in government programs
2. Development of strategies for competitiveness of Kazakhstan’s meat sector 
3. Development of national guidelines and standards for promoting sustainable and green intensification of livestock production

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Policy recommendations for transitioning to Green subsidies and agricultural support measures that have economic and climate co-benefits 
• Policy recommendations for operationalizing Green Growth principles in the Government’s Livestock Program 

• Workshops and knowledge events to discuss Green Growth strategies for the Livestock Program

Output 2:

• Options paper and policy recommendations for establishing effective meat traceability system 
• Economic analysis (including climate co-benefits) of sustainable livestock production models  
• Cost-benefit analysis of sustainable intensification of livestock production

Output 3:

• Concept paper for development of national guidelines and training material for environmentally safe manure management 
• Concept paper for development of national regulations for GHG monitoring system of the Government’s Livestock Program, including reporting and public disclosure guidelines 
• Concept paper for development of national guidelines for sustainable grassland planning  
• Economic assessment for sustainable grassland expansion and promotion of investments with climate co-benefits 
• Policy recommendations for promoting farmer training/extension programs for sustainable fodder production 
• Policy recommendations for promoting good animal husbandry practices

Outcomes:

1. Improved efficiency: Complementary measures to promote smart investments and incite changes in consumer behavior driving efficiency.  For example, a combination of smart urban planning, investments in public transport, pricing policies, ICT and social marketing are needed to ensure public transport is affordable, safe, and effectively reduces congestion, local air pollution and its health impacts, and GHG emissions.     

• By applying Green Growth principles, the Livestock Program will gain policy instruments for more efficient government support to producers 

2. Greater resilience: Promote increased resilience.  A primary focus will be to make cities, transport systems more resilient against risks arising from past development mistakes and a changing climate. This includes smart infrastructure design that is well adapted to a variety of futures, protection against extreme weather events, integrated water resources management and mechanisms to avoid disruptions of urban and transport services in cases of natural disasters. 

• Adopting good practice guidelines for manure management, animal husbandry, GHG monitoring, grassland planning 

3. Increased competitiveness: Underpinning the Korean vision of green growth is the notion that a focus on green sustainability need not come at the expense of growth and that greening can also be a source of increased competitiveness.  This is particularly true for transport and urban policies where substantial synergies exist between environment, energy efficiency and growth objectives. 

• Safe and sustainable, export-oriented livestock production

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Asian Development Bank (ADB)

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The objective of this grant is to pilot smart farming techniques for soil tests and fertility management and promote climate-smart agriculture for horticulture farmers under the proposed Agriculture Modernization and Competitiveness Project (AMCP).  Uzbekistan’s agriculture strategy recognizes that restoring agricultural growth, which has dropped sharply in recent years, will require the delivery of a wide range of quality agricultural public services. They include applied agricultural research and development, advisory services, education, soil fertility improvement, environment protection, and climate change adaptation. Global experience shows that these public services are key to correct market failures and eventually accelerate agricultural transformation and shift this sector to a greener development path.   

However, Uzbekistan is significantly exposed to climate hazards, and the adaptation capacity of the country’s agriculture has been assessed as weak. The Agriculture Modernization and Competitiveness Project (AMCP) aims at strengthening the delivery of selected agricultural services in Uzbekistan for supporting development of the export-oriented horticulture. This KGGTF funded program seeks to promote the practical application of innovations that can be demonstrated and scaled up within the context of the AMCP. The sharing of practical knowledge can be applied along with national programs to inform public expenditures, saving public funds by investing in modern equipment. KGGTF activities will also lead to improved competitiveness within the Uzbek agriculture sector. 

This grant is linked to Lending ($500,000,000).

List of Activities

1. Technology and needs assessment 
2. Study tour/knowledge exchange
3. Implementation of Pilot activities
4. Evaluation and knowledge dissemination

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Assessment study identifying technology options and assessing national capacity
• Organizing a mapping event based on community participation and engagement

Output 2:

• Detailed design of pilots 
• Study tour

Output 3:

• Pilots launched and operational 

Output 4:

• Evaluation report and road map designed to scale up successful pilots 
• Preparation of knowledge products and dissemination products

Outcomes:

1. Improved efficiency: The KGGTF activities will promote smart farming and contribute to increased efficiency in the utilization of land resources and the allocation of inputs for agricultural activities.  
2. Greater resilience: The KGGTF activities will promote increased resilience through the gains in agricultural productivity that can be achieved from the deployment of climate smart technologies that result in improved soil fertility and more efficient use of land and water resources. This can offset the expected negative impact on productivity and water scarcity expected from climate change.  
3. Increased competitiveness and inclusive development: KGGTF activities will lead to improved competitiveness within the agriculture sector by targeting the horticulture sector – which is a more efficient and less resource intensive sector than the traditional cotton/wheat sector - and the smallholder/dehkan farm sector, which has traditionally been neglected but represents a significant source of agricultural GDP.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
• Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)
• Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI)

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