Jordan's natural resources are very limited since only 5% of the land is arable and it is one of the most water deficit countries in the world.
The primary objective of the baseline project is to increase food security and income levels of resource poor households, to be achieved by an integrated program comprising soil and water conservation activities to arrest soil degradation, restore soil fertility and improve sustainable agricultural production, and credit program to provide alternative income sources, mostly for women.
The rationale of the GEF support is to facilitate the enhancement of the enabling policy regulatory and incentive frameworks that govern natural resources use, promote integrated land use planning and mainstream SLM into national planning frameworks. Specific project objectives will include:
Enhancing the application of SLM by enhancing the scope of the baseline project.
Enhancing IWRM and application in the project area as tool for SLM.
Support development of an environmental monitoring system at national and project level.
Initiate a policy dialogue to harmonize government policies and legislation and extend public and governmental awareness programs to enhance the priority of SLM.
Support development of a coordination mechanizm to ensure that an efficient and cost effective inter-sectoral planning system is developed and provide capacity building.
Implementation Status
Other (not set)
Budget
USD 29,584,000
Total Cost of the project
USD 6,445,000
GEF Allocation to project
Partners
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. One of the most important insights emerging from the conference was that the causes of food insecurity and famine were not so much failures in food production, but structural problems relating to poverty and to the fact that the majority of the developing world's poor populations were concentrated in rural areas.
Vision: A leading ministry, which envisions sustainable socioeconomic development, through the setting of effective policies, identification of sectoral priorities, implementation of local development programs, and strengthening international cooperation. Mission: Supporting and directing development initiatives aimed at raising the standards of living and improving the national economy. Strengthening and enhancing technical, financial and economic cooperation with donors, international organizations and financing institutions, while steering foreign assistance in line with socioeconomic priorities within the framework of the National Agenda.
Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) is the official body responsible for the overall monitoring of the water sector, water supply and wastewater system and the related projects, planning and management, the formulation of national water strategies and policies, research and development, information systems [1]and procurement of financial resources. Its role also includes the provision of centralized water-related data, standardization and consolidation of data.