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Practice: Nutrient Management. Implemented for: Rural Environmental Protection Project (REPP).

Overview

Name Nutrient Management for Rural Environmental Protection Project (REPP)

Practice Nutrient Management

Project Rural Environmental Protection Project (REPP)

Beneficiary country: Y

Region: Central and Eastern Europe Danube-Black Sea

Details

Analysis – Why the BMP worked or did not work?: Farmers involved and understood benefits

Description: Manure tanks and (funded through pre-accession sources) and manure pads were useful in showing farmers how much of their manure had previously been wasted (a valuable source of nutrients) resulting in pollution. Training and use of agricultural advisory services, planting of buffer strips (500,000 trees/shrubs planted), publicity material for farmers, 25 monitoring sites to quantify benefits (in the longer term -- 10 years -- 28,000 family farms involved, 952 manure tanks constructed, and 655 manure pads built. Nutrient Management Plans were introduced on 893 farms covering 23,295 ha with an estimated nutrient reduction of 800 tonnes/year. 73% of farmers participating saw the benefits /savings from the reduced use of mineral fertilizers

Lessons learned: Even more effort needs to be directed towards advisory services

Comments: Poland

Implementation start date: 1999-01-01

Implementation end date: 2004-12-31

Link to project documents: Project documents http://www.iwlearn.net/iw-projects/Fsp_112799468329/project_doc/poland-project-brief-34p-248k.pdf/view

Link to project reports: Project reports http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2004/10/19/000090341_20041019102139/Rendered/PDF/299000PL.pdf

Results

Annual tons of nitrogen reduced: 81

Other outcomes: Assistance with pre-accession

Finance

Total co-finance (USD): 9.4 M

Total GEF/WB investment: USD 5.0 million

Contacts

Co-finance partners: Country, EU, Nordic Environment Finance Group

World Bank contact: Barbara Letachowicz

World Bank contact (email): BLetachowicz@worldbank.org

Project Manager: Ryszard Rogowski

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