📋 Tender Overview
Project ID: P175952
Region: europe and central asia
Commitment Amount: Us$ 50.00 million
Total Project Cost: Us$ 50.00 million
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the world economy, the impact of which is also being felt in Tajikistan. In response to the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, the Government of Tajikistan developed two action plans, one for the COVID-19 Country Preparedness and Response that mainly relates to the health and social sector, and another for Prevention and Reducing the National Economy’s Exposure to Potential Risks of COVID-19. Ensuring food and nutrition security, provision of seeds and fertilizers, building resilient livelihoods and institutions, and creating jobs are integral parts of the two action plans. The proposed project, while anchored on the two action plans, would address risks of heightened food and nutrition insecurity, especially during the winter and spring months, and in doing so, ensure proper nutrition country-wide and reduce the pronounced rates of seasonal food shortage and poverty in a more systematic manner than emergency input distributions/support practiced in the past. 17The proposed project would also strengthen the crisis resilience of the agriculture sector, increase domestic food self-reliance, strengthen a foundation for increasing production and export competitiveness of the growing horticulture sector, and improve MoA’s and other relevant pubic institutions’ early warning and crises preparedness and response capacity. It would also contribute to the development of a viable sector of private MSMEs in rural areas and generate employment opportunities in regions withfew legal alternatives.
