Revamping Sindh's Agriculture: World Bank's Proposal for a Sustainable Water Future

According to a recently issued climate change technical note on the project, the World Bank says the initiative, which was approved in December last year, aims to boost agricultural water productivity in order to extract more value from climate-change-affected water supplies.

The World Bank is currently negotiating with the government the precise adaptation and mitigation initiatives proposed for the project, which aims to boost agricultural water productivity in order to extract more value from water supplies affected by climate change-induced disasters.

The project will strengthen Sindh's capacity to deal with floods and droughts by enhancing the institutional framework for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).

It will also aid in the distribution of increasingly precious water supplies among competing users such as agriculture, urbanization, and environmental protection.

Climate-smart agriculture promotion will help to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and contribute to mitigation efforts.

The $98 million project, which will be supplemented with a $194 million non-concessional credit from the International Development Association (IDA), will increase agricultural water productivity in Selected Farmers' Organization (SFO) command areas, improve integrated water resource management, and contribute to the restoration of crop production by small and medium-sized farmers affected by the 2022 floods.