Overview
Name DRP - Agriculture for DRP Small Grants 1.2/1.3 (Agriculture)
Practice
DRP - Agriculture
Project
DRP Small Grants: 1.3 (Agriculture)
Beneficiary country: Danube Countries
Region:
Central and Eastern Europe
Danube-Black Sea
Details
Analysis – Why the BMP worked or did not work?: Detailed reports summarises successes through good involvement of farmers and advisory services
Description: 15 BAPs (on nutrient management and pesticides/herbicides) implemented at 8 pilot demonstration farms in Serbia with awareness raising activities on the whole Danube Basin
Comments: All Danube River Basin
Implementation start date:
2001-01-01
Implementation end date:
2007-12-31
Link to project documents: Project documents www.undp-drp.org
Link to project reports: Project reports www.undp-drp.org
Results
Annual tons of nitrogen reduced: 8 Demo farms estimated at 14
Annual tons of phosphorous reduced: 8 Demo farms estimated at 2 t/yr
Other outcomes: DRP investigated wide range of activities aimed at nutrient reduction. River Basin Management, Nutrient Modelling, Nutrient Trading, Municipal WWTW financing, stakeholder engagement, small grants projects, wetlands restoration
Finance
Total co-finance (USD): 19 M
Total GEF/WB investment: USD 17.0 million
Contacts
Co-finance partners: Countries of DRB/ICPDR www.icpdr.org
Project Manager:
Ivan Zavadsky
