Climate Smart Irrigation Sector Development Program

About this project

The program will support the Government of Georgia's pursuit of enhancing the policy and institutional framework for sustainable water resources management and an efficient state-owned enterprise (SOE) for delivering irrigation services. The policy actions under the policy-based loan focus on (i) enhancing governance and management controls to increase the Georgian Amelioration accountability, transparency, and efficiency of its service delivery; (ii) pricing and contracting change to ensure improved efficiency of water use and financial sustainability of irrigation systems in face of current and expected impact of climate change on water resources; and (iii) improving legal and institutional framework to achieve irrigation policy outcomes and ensure a sustainable management of water resources. The project loan will increase resilience to future climate change impacts by modernizing existing infrastructure from open canal to pressurized pipe networks. It will also support water-efficient irrigation technologies and promote innovative and climate smart agricultural production.

Published by

Asian Development Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Georgia

Sectors

Food crop productionAgricultural water resourcesWater sector policy and administrative management

Places

Kakheti

Implemented by

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture (MEPA), Ministry of Finance

Accountable

Asian Development Bank

Published by Asian Development Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-46004-54014-001-LN4379.

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