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Production potential can be achieved through small-scale irrigation systems powered by a community-driven process.
Water tariff reforms coupled with personnel training, social contracts, and technology updates can make water utilities more efficient.
A properly functioning market chain and flow of agricultural products are vital to ensuring food and nutrition security amid COVID-19.
Raise the efficiency of public procurement and land and labor markets to boost productivity, and address growth constraints on agriculture and tourism.
Enhancing the competitiveness and sustainability of small businesses requires sustained reforms that include digitalization and innovation.
Sustainable farming and efficient water use can enhance high-value crop production and increase farmers’ income even in harsh environments.
Gaps in response funding immediately after disaster can now be addressed through a new form of insurance.
Disbursing against results, rather than upfront expenditures, helps improve the effectiveness and efficiency of government-owned sector programs and promote good practices.
The solutions in Asia and the Pacific: explore groundwater abstraction options, build efficient water infrastructure, develop better data, and improve water management, particularly for agriculture.
Integrating capacity building and human-centered interventions into the preparation of infrastructure projects helps cities meet sustainable goals.