Putting into use the project of climate change resistant pond

19:33, October 31, 2023

On the afternoon of October 31, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development held a handover ceremony to put into use a climate change resistant pond project and support agricultural materials for farmers in Ea Kenh commune (Krong Pac district).

Attending the event were Ms. Ramla Khalidi, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program in Vietnam; representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; authorities and people in Ea Kenh commune.

Ms. Ramla Khalidi, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program in Vietnam, spoke at the ceremony.

The climate change-resistant pond project with a capacity of 4,300 ^m3 , owned by Mr. Le Van Thang's household (Nung ethnic group, Thanh Binh village, Ea Kenh commune) was supported by the Project on strengthening the resilience of small-scale agriculture to water security due to climate change in the Central Highlands and South Central region of Dak Lak province (SACCR Dak Lak Project) to expand to increase the water storage capacity to ensure enough water for 4 irrigation periods in the dry season of 2023 - 2024 (previously only 2 irrigation periods), contributing to stabilizing production and increasing income for farmers.

Benefiting from the project, Mr. Thang pledged to share water resources with two households near his family's garden to develop production together.

Delegates attending the ceremony

At the ceremony, delegates presented the pond project symbol; project documentation handbook to households and planted trees along the lake to create a landscape.

Ms. Ramla Khalidi, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program in Vietnam, presented the pond project symbol to the household.

Ms. Ramla Khalidi presented the pond project symbol to the household.

It is known that the Dak Lak SACCR Project, funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) through the United Nations Development Program, is implemented in 11 communes in 4 districts of the province, including: Ea H'leo, Ea Kar, Krong Pac and Cu M'gar, from 2022 to 2026.

Delegates planted trees to create landscape along the pond.

After nearly two years of implementation, the Project has supported capacity building for more than 34,000 farming households through field training courses (FFS) on soil and biomass management; supported fertilizer for 1,091 poor/near-poor households through commodity exchange vouchers, worth more than VND 5 billion; supported the construction and upgrading of 69 climate change-resistant ponds out of a total of 260 target ponds.

Currently, the Project is continuing to carry out other activities, such as: Supporting irrigation equipment, building learning points, organizing workshops, training to improve capacity with different topics...

Minh Thuan

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