Project Details

Project Number LN3599-PAK
Project Name JALALPUR IRRIGATION PROJECT
Sector/Thematic Area Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing
Financing Agency ADB
Modality C01
Description The proposed Jalalpur Irrigation Project (JIP) is located along right bank of River Jhelum in Punjab, Pakistan. It will create new non-perennial irrigation services for enhanced agricultural production on 79,750 ha in Pind Daden Khan and Khushab districts. The project will increase kharif crop intensity by 50%, improve crop yield and reduce land degradation. It will directly benefit over 200,000 rural people, mostly poor. The project will (i) construct over 200 km new irrigation canals, (ii) introduce institutional reforms and establish farmers organizations (FOs), and (iii) build farmers capacity. The project is included in country operations business plan (COBP: 2013-2014) and it will contribute to food security and economic growth and will alleviate rural poverty in the project area.
Adaptation Finance (thousand USD) 1447.3001
Mitigation Finance (thousand USD) 0.0
Total Project Climate Financing Amount (thousand USD) 1447.3001
Mitigation Objective Climate components
Adaptation Objective Climate components
Region Asia