FP016
Strengthening the resilience of smallholder farmers in the Dry Zone to climate variability and extreme events through an integrated approach to water management
Strengthening the resilience of smallholder farmers in the Dry Zone to climate variability and extreme events through an integrated approach to water management
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 770,500 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.
Project timeline
Pipeline
03 Feb 2016 - 149 days
Concept note received
03 Feb 2016
Funding proposal received
29 Mar 2016
Cleared by GCF Secretariat
29 Mar 2016
Approved
30 Jun 2016 - 364 days
Approved by GCF Board
30 Jun 2016
Cleared by iTAP
30 Jun 2016
Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval
27 Sep 2016
FAA executed
07 Jun 2017
Under implementation
28 Jun 2017 - 2,705 days so far
FAA effective
28 Jun 2017
Disbursement - USD 2,867,879
31 Jul 2017
Annual Performance Report
23 Mar 2018
Disbursement - USD 8,287,745
11 Jun 2018
Annual Performance Report
01 Mar 2019
Disbursement - USD 9,264,383
09 Sep 2019
Disbursement - USD 1,809,004
02 Mar 2021
Disbursement - USD 7,785,019
23 Sep 2022
Disbursement - USD 4,431,338
03 Apr 2023
Disbursement - USD 2,363,850
22 May 2024
Disbursement - USD 1,274,782
25 Oct 2024
To be completed
28 Dec 2025 - 401 days to go
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Financing
- Private sector
- Public sector
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Size
- Micro
- Small
- Medium
- Large
GCF financing100% disbursed
| Instrument | Amount |
|---|---|
| Grant | USD 38,084,000 |
| Total GCF Financing |
|---|
| USD 38,084,000 |
Co-financing
| Co-financer | Instrument | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Co-Financing | Grant | USD 14,000,000 |
| Total Co-Financing |
|---|
| USD 14,000,000 |
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Entity
United Nations Development Programme
Executive Coordinator, ad interim (A.I)
304 East 45th Street, FF-9th Floor, New York, United States
Principal Advisor Environmental Law and Policy
304 East 45th Street, FF-9th Floor, New York, United States
More contacts
National Designated Authority
Ministry of Environment
Secretary
No. 416/C/1, Sobadam Piyasa, Robert Gunawardana Mawatha, Battaramulla, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
Director, Climate Change Secretariat
Sobadam Piyasa, No. 416/C/1, Robert Gunawardana Mawatha, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka