UTF /AFG/035/AFG - Emergency Irrigation Rehabilitation Project (EIRP). The overall objective of the project is to provide Afghan farmers with improved, reliable and equitable irrigation water deliveries to increase agricultural productivity and farm income improve food security and livelihoods and reduce vulnerability to drought. The objective would be achieved by rehabilitating and improving existing dilapidated irrigation infrastructure; restoring and modernizing the hydro-meteorological network for better monitoring, planning ad management of water resources including contingency planning for drought and flood; restoring and building new infrastructure and institutional capacity for monitoring, managing and planning sustainable use of water resources; and developing the capacity of public sector institutions, enhancing role of community organizations and farmers for operating and maintaining irrigation system in a sustainable manner. This will reduce poverty in the rural areas and accelerate transition to sustainable agriculture and dynamic rural economy in Afghanistan.