[{"bbox": [83, 105, 1146, 210], "category": "Text", "text": "to green/climate finance, gender, statistics and use of digital tools. It will support and compliment an effective policy dialogue in these critical areas and ensure climate change mitigation and adaptation policies, environmental protection strategies and plans are based on a gender analysis. The technical assistance support is expected to contribute to all the outcomes outlined under 3.1 above."}, {"bbox": [83, 223, 1146, 305], "category": "Text", "text": "4) Contribute EUR 13 500 000 to the 12th FYP (until 2023) and the subsequent 13th FYP (until 2027) using national systems, hence facilitating fiscal space for the government to implement the RNR sector policies and programmes. The budget support is expected to contribute to the outcomes outlined under 3.1. above."}, {"bbox": [83, 315, 1146, 477], "category": "Text", "text": "In terms of **economic diversification**, the action will adopt value chain approach and circularity principles to promote promising bankable business models in the agriculture, livestock and forestry sub-sectors. Improving the performance of state owned enterprises, piloting public-private partnership model in the sector, developing certification / labelling standards, access to finance to farmers / SMEs and engaging youth entrepreneurship are considered potential activities. Promotion of farm mechanisation, drudgery reduction technologies and use of digital tools are also considered key enablers."}, {"bbox": [83, 486, 1146, 702], "category": "Text", "text": "In line with the 12th FYP RNR sector policy, the action will support the national production of cereals, vegetables, fruits and livestock products. Potential activities include climate smart productivity enhancement measures, agricultural expansion through conversion of fallow land, improved water and irrigation management (e.g. use of drips, sprinklers, spring shed management, alternate wetting and drying), soil conservation and nutrient management, organic agriculture and improved crop management practices. In Livestock sub-sector, action will support activities including promotion of cross breeding for improved climate resilience, promotion of biogas with stall feeding, support for feed mills to produce high quality feed, pasture and fodder production and product diversification using energy-efficient technologies associated with dairy and poultry farming."}, {"bbox": [83, 712, 1146, 925], "category": "Text", "text": "Moreover, the action will support and complement the implementation second NDC including the following prioritised climate change mitigation actions: switch from synthetic to organic fertilizers, improved agricultural practices, domestic biogas production, increased biomass through increased perennial crop production, increased cattle productivity through improved feeding and reduction of continuous rice flooding. Under Forestry sub-sector, the foreseen mitigation action includes: improved forest management and conservation through community management, promotion of agro forestry, conservation of wetlands and enhancement of forest carbon stock through climate smart restoration. Sustainable approach to human-wildlife conflicts (e.g. use of solar fencing) and promotion of insurance schemes for small farmers will be piloted."}, {"bbox": [87, 956, 297, 987], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.3. Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [83, 1026, 529, 1054], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Environmental Protection & Climate Change"}, {"bbox": [83, 1065, 958, 1093], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Outcomes of the SEA screening** (relevant for budget support and strategic-level interventions)"}, {"bbox": [83, 1104, 1042, 1132], "category": "Text", "text": "The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) screening concluded that no further action was required."}, {"bbox": [83, 1143, 1146, 1330], "category": "Text", "text": "Climate change, environment and bio-diversity protection are at the core of the action, as the action aims at contributing to a carbon neutral development pathway of Bhutan. The proposed action is expected to increase small holder farmers' resilience by promoting a **SAFS approach**. It aims at scaling up climate resilient agro-ecological approaches, promoting sustainable management of natural resources and fostering green economic diversification of the RNR sector. The action focusses on addressing the food system sustainability in all its aspects: social, environmental and economic. The action will also support the second **NDC** to climate as well as the National Low Emissions Development Strategy (**LEDS**) in the food security and forestry sub-sector."}, {"bbox": [83, 1342, 624, 1370], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [83, 1369, 1146, 1555], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as G1. This implies that the proposed Action intends to promote gender transformative approaches when addressing climate change and environmental conservation. Gender mainstreaming is an integral part of the design, as the action focuses on addressing the increasing decent jobs for women in agriculture by promoting technologies and social security schemes which are gender friendly, empower women and promote equal participation in agri-food value chains through trainings and enterprises and promote gender responsive budgeting at national level. Gender sensitive indicators are identified in the action and will also ensure reporting on gender disaggregated data to the extent possible."}, {"bbox": [83, 1580, 230, 1608], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Human Rights"}, {"bbox": [83, 1607, 1146, 1660], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed action will follow a rights based approach, particularly in ensuring \"no one and no place is left behind\", with a particular attention to vulnerable, poor and marginalised groups in all the activities. The action will reinforce"}, {"bbox": [1040, 1663, 1157, 1687], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 12 of 25"}]