GEF Shanghai Agricultural and Non-point Pollution Reduction Project

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The objective of the Shanghai Agricultural and Non-Point Pollution Reduction Project for China is to demonstrate effective and innovative pollution reduction activities in Shanghai's rural areas in order to reduce the rural and agricultural pollution load (especially nutrients) in the surface water flowing to the East China Sea. There are four component to the project. Component one: livestock waste management technology demonstration. This component has three sub-component: (a) livestock waste management on large-scale-farm - this subcomponent will support the establishment of a dairy waste treatment facility with a capacity of 256 t/d on Shanghai Bright Holstan Jinshan Dairy Farm in Jinshan District, which has about 5,000 dairy cattle; (b) livestock waste management on medium-scale farm - this subcomponent will support building a livestock waste treatment center comprising two independent systems on Shanghai Shenye Cooperative (SSDC) in Chongming County with a total of about 1,600 dairy cattle; and (c) integrated livestock and agricultural waste management - This subcomponent will support livestock and agricultural waste treatment in an integrated approach in Qianwei Village of Shuxin Town in Chongming County. Component two: wetland demonstration for pollution reduction. This component has two sub-component: (a) rural town river-network wetland demonstration - this subcomponent will support: (i) river network wetland ecological restoration engineering; and (ii) construction of a vertical submerged wetland to collect and treat household sewage; and (b) village wetland sewage treatment system - this sub-component will support construction of six village wetland sewage treatment systems in four villages of Qingpu district, which are located at the downstream of the Taihu basin. Component three: integrated agricultural pollution reduction techniques. This component has three sub-component: (a) demonstration of the use of organic fertilizer - this sub-component will demonstrate innovative techniques to reduce the utilization of chemical fertilizers by promoting the alternative use of organic fertilizer at three selected demonstration sites in Jinshan and Qingpu Districts and Chongming County as well as on other farms to partially replace the use of chemical fertilizers; (b) demonstration of the scientific application of agricultural chemicals - this sub-component will promote usage of eco-friendly chemicals and technologies to reduce pollution from agricultural chemicals (insecticides and pesticides) at the same three selected demonstration sites in Jinshan and Qingpu Districts and Chongming county; and (c) monitoring and extension - This sub-component will set up about 120 checkpoints at the three selected demonstration sites for on-site examination and to collect samples for laboratory testing to monitor the effectiveness of the demonstration technologies that are demonstrated in this component three. Component four: project management and dissemination. This component has three sub-component: (a) project management - This sub-component will support project coordination group and the Shanghai Project Management Office (PMO) at the municipal level, working groups at county/district level and those at the project implementing agencies (PIAs) for efficient project management and implementation; (b) replication strategy development, monitoring and evaluation - a monitoring and evaluation system will be established at all PIAs. Results monitoring of project outcome indicators will be carried out by an independent monitoring team hired by the Shanghai PMO in accordance with terms of reference (TOR) acceptable to the Bank; and (c) training and dissemination - this sub-component will be implemented by the Shanghai Agricultural Broadcasting Television School (SABTS).