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**Water Efficiency in Rice and Cotton**

Projekt abgeschlossen

The project aims at improving the household economy combined with the promotion of more efficient  production of rice and cotton of 45,000 smallholder families in two regional clusters: Central Asia (Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan) and South Asia (India, Pakistan). To motivate rice and cotton farmers to be more efficient with irrigation water and other inputs, a push-pull approach is applied: smallholders receive technical assistance and market access for more efficient production while private companies enter into reliable business partnerships.

Land/Region Thema Periode Budget
Asien
Landwirtschaft und Ernährungssicherheit
Wasser
Landwirtschaftliche Wasserressourcen
Wasserversorgung
Wassersektorpolitik
Landwirtschaftliche Entwicklung
01.10.2014 - 30.06.2018
 CHF  3’454’600
Das Projekt in Kürze
Hintergrund

Rice and Cotton are two key crops. While rice is the most important staple food for humans, cotton is a key commodity for the textile industry. These two crops consume around 30% of the world irrigation water. Around 250 million smallholders are involved in the cultivation of rice and cotton. Cotton is relevant for food security because of its qualities in crop rotation as well as for income generation capacity. Furthermore, cotton seed oil is the most relevant kitchen oil in cotton regions.
Ziele

To improve water use efficiency of rice and cotton, firstly by promoting effective water use as well as better agronomic approaches, and by involving the private sector as well as platforms such as the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) and Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS).
Zielgruppen

45’000 smallholders (15% of women; 85% of men) in four countries: India, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic.
Mittelfristige Wirkungen
  • Rice and cotton farmers adopt more efficient and more effective production methods (push)
  • Private sector companies purchase commodities from farmers who produce with more efficient and more sustainable methods (pull)
  • Multi-stakeholder water stewardship plans are implemented (water policy)
  • Push-Pull approach is scaled up to more farmers and more companies
Resultate

Erwartete Resultate:  

  • RAS for 45’000 smallholders
  • Secured market access for 70 to 80% of the farmers
  • Policy influencing at local level
  • Crowding-in of new companies.


Resultate von früheren Phasen:  

  • Stakeholder workshops in the four countries organised and joint planning
  • Negotiations with private sector companies successfully completed
  • Baselines elaborated and ready for use
  • Joint elaboration of project document with a strong joint ownership
Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt DEZA
Kreditbereich Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Projektpartner Vertragspartner
Schweizerische Non-Profit-Organisation
  • HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation


Andere Partner

Coop, Reismühle Brunnen, Mars Food, Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP), Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS), Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation.
Koordination mit anderen Projekten und Akteuren
  • Coordination with SDC programs on efficient water use in the two geographic clusters
  • CORIGAP (Closing rice yield gaps in Asia)
  • FIBL – Langzeitversuch für biologischen Landbau
  • Grow Africa
  • GFRAS
Budget Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF    3’454’600 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF    3’409’282 Projekttotal seit Anfangsphase Budget inklusive Projektpartner CHF   6’000’000
Projektphasen Phase 2 01.11.2018 - 31.12.2022   (Completed)

Phase 1 01.10.2014 - 31.10.2018   (Completed)

  • Sektor nach Kategorisierung des Entwicklungshilfeekomitees der OECD WASSERVERSORGUNG & SIEDLUNGSHYGIENE
    LANDWIRTSCHAFT
    WASSERVERSORGUNG & SIEDLUNGSHYGIENE
    WASSERVERSORGUNG & SIEDLUNGSHYGIENE
    LANDWIRTSCHAFT
    Sub-Sektor nach Kategorisierung des Entwicklungshilfeekomitees der OECD
    Wassergrundversorgung
    Landwirtschaftliche Wasser-Ressourcen
    Politik und Verwaltung im Wasserbereich
    Politik und Verwaltung im Wasserbereich
    Förderung der Landwirtschaft
    Querschnittsthemen Projekt berücksichtigt die Geschlechter-Gleichstellung als Querschnittsthema.
    Projekt berücksichtigt Demokratisierung, gute Regierungsführung und Menschenrechte als Querschnittsthema.
    Unterstützungsform Auftrag mit treuhänderischer Mittelverwaltung
    Projektnummer

    7F09186

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Letzte Aktualisierung 23.01.2021