BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 2. The Ministry of Water
Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of Kyrgyzstan, the
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and the
international non-governmental organization Good Neighbors
International have signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding
to launch the second phase of the Integrated Rural Development
Project, Trend
reports via the ministry.
The agreement serves as a direct continuation of the project's
initial phase conducted between 2021 and 2025, which carried an
allocation of $8.8 million to improve household incomes and local
governance frameworks across 30 selected villages.
The secondary deployment phase will specifically target
agricultural communities within the Osh, Batken, and Jalal-Abad
regions. The technical scope of the project focuses on expanding
regional agropindustrial capacity through structural investments in
rural infrastructure, the construction of a dedicated agricultural
logistics hub, and the introduction of digitized monitoring tools
for local farmers and cooperatives.
Furthermore, the implementation framework includes provisions to
expand specialized microcredit accessibility to support technical
upgrades in livestock management and processing operations
throughout the southern provinces.
