Climate Risk Management and Rehabilitation of Small- and Medium-scale Irrigation

The project preparatory technical assistance (PPTA) will conduct technical, economic, financial and social due diligence to prepare the Climate Risk Management and Rehabilitation of Small- and Medium-scale Irrigation Schemes in Tonle Sap Basin, a project under the Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR) for Cambodia. SPCR Cambodia forms part of the global Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) supported by the Climate Investment Fund (CIF). A program for rehabilitation of small- and medium-scale irrigation schemes in Tonle Sap Basin has already been initiated under ADB financed Water Resources Management Sector Development Program (WRMSDP, Loan no. 2672-CAM)2, and the PPCR project will provide for (i) additional support to enhance the climate resilience of the rehabilitated irrigation facilities and improved agricultural activities; and (ii) capacity strengthening for mainstreaming resilience to development planning in water resources and agriculture sectors. The PPTA will be administered under TA 4848-CAM: Water Resources (Sector) Project The agricultural specialists will assist the climate change specialists to (i) assist the climate change specialists in the preparation of the climate change impact, vulnerability and adaptation assessment; (ii) identify adaptation options and benefits of the adaptation options from an agricultural development perspective; (iii) develop appropriate cropping patterns under anticipated scenarios of climate change; and (iv) identify training needs and outline potential training programs to improve capacity of FWUCs and PDWRAMs to support agricultural services and irrigation management to enhance resilience in changing climate conditions.