ODISHA INTEGRATED IRRIGATION PROJECT FOR CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE

About:

• The Project will be implemented in rural areas vulnerable to droughts and largely dependent on rainfed agriculture. It will benefit about 125,000 smallholder farmer households from 15 districts of Odisha.
  
  
• The project will support smallholder farmers strengthen the resilience of their production systems as well as diversify and improve the marketing of their produce, for increased income.
  
  
• The $165 million loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), has a 6-year grace period, and a maturity of 24 years.
  
  
• It is a project under the National Action Plan on Climate Change of the Government of India.
  
  

Need of project:

• Since 2009, the frequency of droughts in the state has increased from 1 in 5 years to 1 in 2 years.
  
  
• About 70 percent of total cultivated area is prone to droughts compared to 40 percent in the 1970s.
  
  
• Agriculture is also a major source of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in Odisha, responsible for about 25 percent of the GHG emissions in the state.