Activities

Activities of the Aral Sea GRIP Project

Various activities are inolved to achieve the outputs under each of the project components:

 

 

Project Activity Status [Q4 2024]

Aral Sea GRIP Progress table

 

Project Deliverables

Outcome 1

  1. Insight Brief Agriculture Sector in Uzbekistan and Karakalpakstan: Legal & Political Framework Review (ENG/RUS/KRK)​
  2. Climate-Resilient Green Growth Assessment (CRGG) (ENG/RUS)
  3. Green Recovery Investment Analysis (ENG/RUS)
  4. Capital expenditure for infrastructural adaptation measures for agriculture (ENG/UZB/RUS)
  5. Green Job Assessment (ENG/RUS)
  6. Capital expenditure for infrastructural adaptation measures for agriculture, Republic of Karakalpakstan (ENG/UZB/RUS)
  7. White paper: Policy recommendations on sustainable landscapes, climate smart agriculture, and forestry development in the Aral Sea region for human well-being (ENG/RUS) 

 

Outcome 2

  1. Risk Profile for Climate Resilience Capacity Development (ENG/RUS/KRK)
  2. Risk Profile: Summary and Dashboards (ENG/RUS)
  3. Concept of 6 Capacity building modules
  4. Building Climate Change Awareness and Capacity in the Aral Sea Region

 

Outcome 3

  1. Business Development Strategy and Info Brief
  2. Private Sector Due Diligence
  3. Business Development Platform
  4. Value Chain Analyses
  5. Green Business Models:
    • Field protective windbreaks  (black willow)​ (CSA farms)
    • Tree nursery​ with windbreaks, sprinkler and drip irrigation (CSA nursery)​
    • Fruit orchard with windbreaks and drip-irrigation​ (CSA orchard)
    • Winter wheat with windbreaks and hose-reel sprinkler and drip irrigation(CSA wheat)​
    • Greenhouse with drip irrigation (CSA greenhouse)
    • Microgreens production in house conditions (CSA microgreens)
  6. Green and Climate-Resilient Business Plan templates developed with German Sparkassenstiftung:
    1. Green Business Plan: Crop production farm with drip-irrigation system
    2. Green Business Plan: Crop production farm protected with tree windbreaks
    3. Green Business Plan: Orchard farm with drip-irrigation system and protected with tree windbreaks​
    4. Green Business Plan: Wheat production farm with sprinkle irrigation system and protected with tree windbreaks​
  7. Climate-Smart Agriculture Models for the Aral Sea Region

 

Outcome 4

  1. $575 million mobilized with SQB, funding 14 green and social initiatives
  2. $455 million mobilized with Agrobank, with 80% targeting Climate-Smart Agriculture activities in Uzbekistan
  3. Climate-Smart Agriculture Finance Facility designed for Agrobank

Project Schedule

 

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