Early Warning System

Countries

China
Sri Lanka
Vietnam

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Financial Institutions

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Approved

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Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Voting Date

Jun 20, 2025

Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.

Borrower

Regional - Asian Development Bank

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Agriculture and Forestry
Technical Cooperation

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Investment Type(s)

Grant

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 0.50 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 0.50 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Bank Documents

Promoting Digital Technology for Sustainable, Inclusive, and Resilient Agriculture in Asia: Technica

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Nov 7, 2025

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the proposed technical assistance (TA) will support accelerating the use of digital technologies for smallholder farmers in PRC, Sri Lanka, and Viet Nam. The TA will adopt a bottom-up approach to identify factors enabling and constraining the use of digital technologies in promoting greener and more resilient agricultural, food security, and rural development. Specifically, the TA will contribute to: (i) enhance understanding of the current status, challenges, opportunities, and best practices of agricultural digital technologies in the three selected countries; (ii) improve awareness and capacity of relevant stakeholders, including policymakers, farmers, agribusinesses, and researchers on the benefits and potential of digital agriculture in improving productivity, sustainability, and resilience in the selected countries; (iii) strengthen regional cooperation and knowledge sharing among the three countries and the region on digital agriculture development and innovation, as well as identification of common interests and priorities for future collaboration; (iv) improve policy and institutional frameworks for supporting digital agriculture adoption and scaling up in the three countries, based on evidence-based analysis and recommendations from the project; and (v) identify and prioritize investment opportunities to leverage digital agriculture initiatives and infrastructure in the three countries. This TA will replicate selected outputs and activities from the Accelerating Sustainable, Resilient, and Inclusive Agricultural and Rural Transformation with Digital Technologies in the PRC and Its Implications for Developing Asia, to the selected countries.

Early Warning System Project Analysis

For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

According to the Technical Assistance Report, the Risk Categories are:

Environment: Not Applicable
Involuntary Resettlement: Not Applicable
Indigenous Peoples: Not Applicable

Investment Description

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

The TA financing amount is $500,000, which will be financed on a grant basis by the People’s Republic of China Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund (PRCF) and administered by ADB.

The governments will provide counterpart support in the form of counterpart staff, access to data, and other in-kind contributions.

Contact Information

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No contacts available at the time of disclosure.