Download "Agricultural Sources Pollution Control in Danube, Baltic and Black

Regional Conference on
"Agricultural Sources Pollution Control in Danube, Baltic
and Black Sea Riparian Countries"
Bucharest, Romania
September 30 - October 3, 2003
Agricultural Pollution Control Project
WBTF 050327-RO
ROMANIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTS, WATERS AND ENVIRONMENT
Europe - River Basins
Basin
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Area
103 km2
Volga
1,360
Danube
817
Dniepro
503
Don
423
Northen Dvina 357
Pecora
322
Ural
231
Rhin
225
Wisla
194
Elbe
144
Odra
125
Loira
115
Western Dvina 88
Ebro
86
Tajo
81
Dniester
62
Black Sea – as seen by the Russian painter I.K. Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
Black Sea Basin
Black Sea
Riparian
Countries:
-ROMANIA
-UKRAINE
-RUSSIA
-GEORGIA
-TURKEY
-BULGARIA
View of the Danube Valley
near Regensburg
Albrecht Altdorfer (1480-1538)
Danube Basin
Countries in
the Basin:
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Germany
Austria
Slovakia
Hungary
FYR Countries
Bulgaria
Romania
Moldova
Ukraine
Catchment
Area: 817,000 km2
Danube’s average
annual discharge:
6,430 m3/sec.
Transboundary Cooperation
ROMANIA – GENERAL INFORMATION
Area: 238,392 km2
Population: 22.7 mil. inh.
Capital: Bucharest
No. of Counties: 42
Large Cities: 7
Communes: 2,686
Agricultural
Land: 14.9 mil. ha
Forests: 6.4 mil. ha
International Waters
(Danube River): 1.075 km
National Waters: 9,301 km
AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL - PROJECT AREA
Project Funding
Total Project value: US$ 10.8 mil., out of which:
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US$ 5.15 mil. World Bank from GEF funds;
US$ 1.86 mil. Government of Romania;
US$ 0.29 mil. Calarasi County Council;
US$ 1.0 mil. From the Governmental “Agricultural
Support Services” Project;
• US$ 2.50 mil. In kind contribution of the direct
beneficiaries.
Project Components
Component 1: Activities in the Calarasi County (US$ 9.22 mil.)
– Manure Management Practices (US$ 5.20 mil.)
– Promotion of Environment-Friendly Agricultural Practices (US$ 2.47 mil.)
– Integrated Management of Boianu-Sticleanu Polder and Ecological Restoration
of part of the Calarasi-Raul Polder (US$ 1.09 mil.)
– Strengthening Capacity in Calarasi County (Service for Water Management,
Soil and Agro-chemistry Office and Public Health Directorate) to Monitor Soil
and Water Quality and Environmental Impacts (US$ 0.46 mil.)
Component 2: Strengthening National Policy and Regulatory Capacity
(US$ 0.27 mil.)
Component 3: Public Awareness and Replication Strategy (US$ 0.45 mil.)
Component 4: Project Management Unit (US$ 0.86 mil.)
Main Actions Supported by the Project
At the Local level
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Provision of Sub-grants for Beneficiaries to support:
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Adopting organic farming; Funds from the ASSP-Competitive Grant
Scheme are leveraged to support organic farming projects in
Calarasi County;
Purchasing and installation of household level manure storage
facilities;
Promotion of Good Agricultural Practices through Testing
and Demonstrating Programs;
Training Beneficiaries in the field of Good Agricultural
Waste Management Practices;
Construction of 14 Commune Level Manure Management
Facilities and procurement of related Equipment;
• Demonstration of a number of improved agricultural practices,
including integrated crop and nutrient management;
• Tree planting in erosion-prone locations in the terrace area and
windbreaks or shelterbelts on privately-owned agricultural
land;
• Agro-forestry on degraded lands and implementation of Code
of Good Agricultural Practices on the arable land in BoianuSticleanu Polder;
• Design and implementation of a conservation management
plan for the proposed Iezer Calarasi nature reserve;
• Studies for the ecological restoration of part (about 3,000 ha)
of the Calarasi-Raul Polder;
• Specific laboratory and field equipment for the local agencies
in charge with soil and water quality monitoring;
• Preparing a Code of Good Agricultural Practices for water and
soil protection;
• Support for adoption of the EU Nitrates Directive and
estimating the costs at the national level for voluntary and
non-voluntary application of the CGAP in accordance with the
provision of the EU Nitrates Directive.
• Support a number of public awareness activities to familiarize
the population and help induce the behavioral changes
necessary to the success of the Project in the seven selected
communes and replication in the County area.
• Promote the Project as a possible model for replication in the
Danube and Black Sea riparian countries.
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
Financial information
Actual Implementation – Financial Aspects
• Effectiveness date: April 29th, 2002
• Financial Requirements accomplished – starting of
disbursement: July 1st, 2002
- GEF and GOR funds available;
- Local support (Calarasi County Council) provided;
- Communes and Local beneficiaries ready to
involve in Project activities;
=> 1 year and a half of Project implementation
Actual Implementation – Financial Aspects
DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS
GEF funds:
US$ 836,500
GOR funds:
US$ 670,000
Local contribution:
Calarasi County Council
US$ 62,500
Beneficiaries contribution:
US$ 73,500
(communas, individual beneficiaries)
TOTAL:
US$ 1,642,500
Actual Implementation – Financial Aspects
EXPENDITURES ON DISBURSEMENT CATEGORIES
-US$-
Actual Implementation – Financial Aspects
Expenditures by Category
189.384
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191.564
640.805
127.060
Works
Goods
TA and Training
Sub-Grants
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Actual Implementation – Financial Aspects
Ceiling/Expenditures by Categories
12.000.000
10.000.000
8.000.000
6.000.000
Ceilings
4.000.000
Spent by Category
2.000.000
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Works
Goods TA and SubTraining Grants
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Total
Actual Implementation – Financial Aspects
EXPENDITURES ON PROJECT COMPONENTS
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Achievements and looking ahead
General aspects regarding the inappropriate manure
management in the Project area
At Commune level:
The waste (livestock
waste mixed with other
household materials
such as plastic, glass
and metal) is
transported
by carts to the so
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Manure platforms.
So called “Manure Platform”
So called “Manure Platform”
Manure stored on the bank of a lake
So called “Manure Platform”
Component 1: General aspects regarding the
manure management in the Project area
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At the household level,
the usual behaviour is to
mix household waste
materials such as plastic,
glass and metal with the
livestock waste.
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Waste is
improperly
stored within or
outside the
household yards
before being
evacuated.
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Direct leach into
the soil, of the
urine, from the
livestock shelters.
Groundwater
contamination
increase due to the
dirty yard and
roof waters, which
leaches into the
soil, near by the
unprotected well
heads.
Achievements
• Construction of two commune level Manure Storage
Platforms in Ciocanesti and Vlad Tepes communes;
• 7 commune level Manure Storage Platforms under
different construction stages;
Construction of commune level manure storage facilities
Vlad Tepes commune
Effluents Storage tank – Vlad Tepes Manure Platform
Hydroinsulation – Ciocanesti Manure Platform
Finalized Manure Storage Platform - Vlad Tepes commune
Achievements
• About 900 individual household manure storage
facilities constructed
Operated Individual Manure Storage Facilities
General aspects regarding the degraded lands in Calarasi County
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Sloped terrain, exposed
to erosion and with low
agricultural potential;
Unprotected water
courses;
Swamping tendency;
Shore erosion.
Alexandru Odobescu
Commune
Awareness and Training on Agro-forestry
Practices
Tree planting in Ciocanesti commune
Accacia trees planted on slopped lands in Vlad Tepes
Testing and Demonstration Program for
Environment-friendly Agricultural Practices
Demonstration plot – Independenta commune
Training farmers for preparing project proposals
under the ASSP –CGS Project
Training sessions in Calarasi
Lectures jointly presented by ASSP and
APCP teams.
Soil and Water Monitoring
• Construction of a 76
piezometers’ network
The monitoring program is
implemented by the National
Administration “Romanian
Waters” - Waters Management
Service, Calarasi
Strengthening the National Policy and Regulatory Capacity
• Preparing and printing
the Code of Good
Agricultural Practices
for soil and water
protection
• Cost estimates of the
implementation of the
EU Nitrates Directive in
Romania
The Recipe of a Smooth and Successful
Implementation
Optimal mixture of:
• Strong support of the central coordinating authority (Ministry
of Agriculture, Forests, Waters and Environment / Ministry of
Public Finance) and the World Bank counterparts;
• Permanent contacts and substantial involvement of the local
authorities (Calarasi Prefecture and County Council);
• Total commitment of the Project beneficiaries (Mayoralties
and farmers);
• Timely and appropriate guidance from the National and Local
Coordination Committees;
• GEF, GOR and Local funds available on timely basis;
• A knowledgeable and dedicated Project Implementation Team.
Looking ahead