Supporting climate resilience and transformational change in the agriculture sector in Bhutan

Output 1: Promote resilient agricultural practices in the face of changing climate patterns

 

1.1. Developing and integrating climate risk data into crop and livestock planning at the national and sub-national levels

1.2. Tailored climate information and related training to local government and farmers to interpret and apply climate risk data to local and household level agriculture planning

1.3. Scaling up climate-resilient agriculture practices, and training local entities in community seed production and multiplication and cultivation of climate-resilient crop alternatives

 

Output 2:  Integrate climate change risks into water and land management practices that affect smallholders

 

2.1. Enhancing climate-informed wetland and water management to support agriculture planning

2.2. Establishment of climate resilient irrigation schemes and water saving technologies for smallholder farmers in 8 target dzongkhags

2.3. Scaling up of sustainable land management (SLM) technologies to support soil and slope stabilization

2.4. Capacity strengthening to farmers and extension officers on SLM technologies

 

Output 3: Reduce the risk and impact of climate change induced landslides during extreme events that disrupt market access

 

3.1. Slope stabilization along key sections of roads, critical for market access, and related technical capacity and knowledge products to support climate resilient road planning and construction going forward

3.2 Technical capacity building to support climate-risk informed and cost-effective slope infrastructure including stabilization, drainage and road construction & maintenance

 

The primary responsibility for day-to-day project monitoring and implementation rests with the Project Manager. The UNDP Country Office supports the Project Manager as needed, including through annual supervision missions. All project-level monitoring and evaluation is undertaken in compliance with the UNDP POPP, the UNDP Evaluation Policy.

 

An Annual Project Report for each year of project implementation will objectively document progress and will be shared with the Project Board and other stakeholders.

 

An independent Mid-Term Review will be undertaken and the findings and responses outlined in the management response incorporated as recommendations for the final half of the project’s duration. 

 

An independent Terminal Evaluation will take place no later than three months prior to operational closure of the project and will be made available to the public via UNDP’s Evaluation Resource Centre.

 

The UNDP Country Office will retain all M&E records for this project for up to seven years after project financial closure in order to support ex-post evaluations.