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The selection of suitable participating financial institution (PFI) partners is important to better implement a financial intermediation loan project. PFIs that are financially sound, have good track records, and are committed toward serving rural enterprises and SMEs are likely to be effective in implementing financial intermediation loans.

Project Number: 47305-002, 47305-004
Project Name: Horticulture Value Chain Development Project
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The formulation of a coherent results framework that logically links the inputs, activities, and outputs with the envisaged outcome facilitates better monitoring and measurement of project results. The quality of a design and monitoring framework is enhanced by outcome targets that are realistic and appropriately reflect the immediate changes of the outputs.

Project Number: 47305-002, 47305-004
Project Name: Horticulture Value Chain Development Project
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It is good practice for an executing agency to conduct its own midterm review. This allowed timely assessment of progress and identification of issues that might cause shortfalls.

Project Number: 47305-002, 47305-004
Project Name: Horticulture Value Chain Development Project
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Hiring a consultant to periodically collect data is crucial in monitoring and subsequently maintaining output achievements. Similarly, it will be useful for financial intermediary projects to engage a consultant to monitor the Implementation status of subprojects.

Project Number: 47305-002, 47305-004
Project Name: Horticulture Value Chain Development Project
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Constant training and practice are effective in deepening stakeholder understanding of ADB safeguard requirements and the ways they can best be met. This was proven by this project's experience with the executing agency that had no prior exposure to the concept og an environmental and social management system.

Project Number: 47305-002, 47305-004
Project Name: Horticulture Value Chain Development Project
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Regular monitoring and early course correction are required to mitigate poor project readiness and weak baselines. The project suffered from project readiness issues that resulted in significant cost overruns and delays. While ideally these would be captured before project approval, if they are not, it is imperative that identified flaws are acted on as soon as possible during implementation to allow for course correction.

Project Number: 37536-013
Project Name: Land Improvement Project
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Future sector strategies and projects seeking to modernize agriculture in Uzbekistan will require a thorough analysis of the markets and an evaluation of the sustainability of previous interventions. The new sector reform strategy seeks to reduce farm quotas, support other high-value crops (including horticulture), and introduce more resource-efficient agricultural methods (e.g., drip irrigation).

Project Number: 37536-013
Project Name: Land Improvement Project
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Small targeted technical assistance can have a significant impact on institutional capacity. The project supported the enhancement of the GIS capabilities of the Hydrogeological Melioration Expeditions (HGMEs), primarily through the GEF grant. Local HGMEs have benefited from the institutional capacity building provided through the project. Through the use of GIS, they are able to map drainage and irrigation infrastructure and facilities in the project areas, to support their O&M planning and implementation.

Project Number: 37536-013
Project Name: Land Improvement Project
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Agricultural drainage projects will yield greater benefits if they are coupled with complementary support for irrigation and other agricultural support mechanisms. In this case, the farms achieved more efficient drainage through the project, but the project did not pay enough attention to ensuring the prudent use of water. Overwatering is still practiced by farmers, exacerbating the inefficient transfer of water from sources to farms (40% reported water loss).

Project Number: 37536-013
Project Name: Land Improvement Project
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Irrigation and drainage provision for many beneficiaries, as opposed to a few big farmers or collectives, requires substantial evidence of the governance models that can work to ensure sustainability. Technical challenges are only part of the problem in improving agricultural productivity and incomes. Commensurate attention is needed at farmlevel capacity development at project design, including outcome-level targets.

Project Number: 40086-013
Project Name: Water Resource Management Sector Project
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Promoting collective action can be a challenge, not least in the post-Soviet Union context. Hence, there is a need to carefully analyze past experience, incentives, and the willingness of beneficiaries to sustain collective action and interventions.

Project Number: 40086-013
Project Name: Water Resource Management Sector Project
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The need for robust evidencing mechanisms that can track outcomes and impacts credibly. Core issues of poverty reduction, income generation, and increased productivity require careful monitoring, preferably including a comparable group of nonbeneficiaries to assess the real impact of the project.

Project Number: 40086-013
Project Name: Water Resource Management Sector Project
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The accuracy of the appraisal estimates should be improved for major cost categories, such as works and equipment, or merged in one category (e.g., subprojects 1 and 2) to permit sufficient flexibility.

Project Number: 40086-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Project
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Each project should be reappraised during the midterm review and suitable adjustments made to the design, targets, and implementation arrangements and plan. Particular attention should be paid to GAP targets to ensure that they are not overly ambitious;

Project Number: 40086-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Project
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Back-up power systems for vital functions and the installation of SCADA systems at pumping stations are extremely useful to monitor performance and prevent malfunctioning;

Project Number: 40086-013
Project Name: Water Resources Management Sector Project
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