Climate change-resilient pond handed over to residents in Dak Lak
A climate change-resilient pond was handed over to local people in Thanh Binh hamlet, Ea Kenh commune, Krong Pac district, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on October 31.
A climate change-resilient pond was handed over to local people in Thanh Binh hamlet, Ea Kenh commune, Krong Pac district, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak (Photo: VNA)
Dak Lak (VNA) - A climate c𝔉hange-resilient pond was handedover to local people in Thanh Binh hamlet, Ea Kenh commune, Krong Pac district, theCentral Highlands province of Dak Lak on October 31.
The activity was part of the project "Strengthening theresilience of smallholder agriculture to climate change-induced waterinsecurity in the Central Highlands and south-central coast regions of Vietnam", known as SACCR project. The 2021-2026 project is funded by the Green Climate Fundand is carried out by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), theMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the People's Committees ofDak Lak, Dak Nong, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, and Binh Thuan provinces. UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi saidit is one of the 70 ponds being handed over in this round, out of a total of260 ponds to be delivered in Dak Lak. The 70 ponds cover over 60,000 cu.mand have an irrigation area of more than 52 ha. It is expected that by 2026, a total of 1,507 climate change-resilientponds will be built, handed over, and put into operation. In Dak Lak alone, theproject will build 917 new connecting systems, construct and renovate 260climate change-resilient ponds, support the installation of 2,335 on-farm water-savingirrigation systems, provide climate-adaptive agriculture training throughFarmer Field Schools for 5,838 households, supply agricultural materials to2,335 households, and improve the access to market information, credit, andclimate-related agricultural information for 29,980 agricultural productionhouseholds./.
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A climate change-resilient pond was handed over to local people in Thanh Binh hamlet, Ea Kenh commune, Krong Pac district, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak (Photo: VNA) 
