Resilient Agri-food Clusters Development Project

About this project

Country ContextThe Kyrgyz Republic is faced with multiple challenges that have been amplified by Russia's invasion of Ukraine conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic. The country experienced positive economic growth, but it has been largely driven by gold exports and worker remittances. Poverty in the country increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine is increasingly impacting food affordability. The COVID-19 pandemic increased the poverty rate (US$3.2 a day, 2011 purchasing power parity (PPP)) from 9.7 percent in 2019 to 16.2 percent in 2020. Reduced labor income and remittances caused by the pandemic and inflation pushed an additional 700,000 people (11 percent of the population) into poverty and this trend is expected to increase with the poverty rate reaching 25.5 percent in 2022 (at the US$3.65 a day, 2017 PPP poverty line) from 21.8 percent in 2021. Food and fuel prices drove inflation to 11.2 percent in December 2021 from 9.7 percent a year ago but has fallen to 10.8 percent since February 2022. The uncertainties related to the geopolitical and global economic situation are expected to increase inflation in the Kyrgyz Republic to 15.5 percent, thus creating significant further pressure on fiscal and debt management as well as potentially pushing more people into poverty.Sector and Institutional ContextAgriculture is the main source of income and livelihoods in rural areas but is dominated by smallholders both upstream and downstream. The sector…

Published by

World Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Kyrgyzstan

Sectors

Agricultural developmentAgricultural extensionLivestock/veterinary services

Places

Bishkek

Funded by

International Development Association

Implemented by

Ministry of Finance (MoF)

Accountable

Kyrgyz Republic

Passes funds through

International Development Association

Published by World Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 44000-P178120.

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