Climate change adaptation project fruitful in Tra Vinh
The project for adaptation to climate change in the Mekong Delta has produced positive results in Tra Vinh province, said Director of the project’s provincial coordinating board Huynh Nghia Tho.
TraVinh (VNA) – The project for adaptation to climate change in theMekong Delta has produced positive results in Tra Vinh province, said Directorof the project’s provincial coordinating board Huynh Nghia Tho.
Hemade the statement during a local working session with a delegation from the InternationalFund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on November 8.
TheIFAD-funded project is underway in Tra Vinh and Ben Tre from 2014-2020.
InTra Vinh, it costs 24.8 million USD, 6 million USD of which is non-refundableaid and 11.1 million USD is lent by IFAD while the remaining is from the Vietnamesegovernment.
Itaims to support sustainable livelihoods for poor rural households in a changingenvironment and improve adaptive capacity of target communities to betterrespond to climate change.
About15,000 poor and near-poor households in 30 communes in districts of Cang Long,Chau Thanh, Tra Cu, Cau Ngang, Tieu Can, Cau Ke and Duyen Hai have benefitedfrom the project.
Thosaid as many as 12.5 million USD has been disbursed in the province to carryout two components of the project and 3.6 million USD has been used to buildsmall-scale infrastructure in adaptation with climate change, directly andindirectly benefiting over 11,000 and nearly 21,000 households, respectively. Upto 85 out of 88 facilities have been put into operation so far.
Theproject built 43 pilot models, conducted 12 out of 20 thematic studies on climatechange response, established around 1,500 groups with more than 10,000 members receivingassistance in natural resources management and climate change risks.
Allwards, townships and communes have come up with their own community-based plansto mitigate climate change risks and adapt to changing climate.
However,child malnutrition is yet to improve while farm produce production in 30communes is yet to increase sustainably.
Toensure the project’s progress and efficiency, Tho suggested IFAD adjust capitalallocation and indexes of poor and near-poor households, as well as assist inmeasuring new indexes.
ViceChairman of the provincial People’s Committee Kim Ngoc Thai also committed allpossible support for the project.-VNA
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