Hunan Integrated Management of Agricultural Land Pollution Project

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The development objective of Hunan Integrated Management of Agricultural Land Pollution Project is to demonstrate a risk-based integrated approach to managing heavy metal pollution in agricultural land for safety of agricultural production areas in selected counties in Hunan. This project has four components. 1) The first component, Demonstration of Risk-based Agricultural Land Pollution Management, aims to demonstrate the risk-based approach to reducing heavy metal levels, notably Cd, in crops and soil at demonstration areas. 2) The second component, Strengthening Agricultural Environmental Monitoring and Management, aims to improve AEM and management capacity to orderly, precisely, and sustainably manage agricultural land pollution in Hunan. The activities under this component include the following subcomponents: (i) Establishment of an AEM database for early warning; (ii) Development of a risk-based land management tool and crop/soil risk mapping; (iii) Local regulations and standards for risk-based integrated agricultural land pollution management; (iv) Studies on sustainable financing models and eco-compensation mechanisms for agricultural land management; and (v) Development of agricultural land management Action Plans. 3) The third component, Capacity Development and Knowledge Distribution, aims to: (i) develop management and technical capacity of government officials, environmental monitoring staff, and farmers, as well as heavy metal discharging enterprises for addressing agricultural land pollution; and (ii) disseminate knowledge gained from demonstrations for increasing awareness and building ability to make informed choices among alternatives. It includes the following five subcomponents: (i) Training for government officials; (ii) Training for environmental monitoring staff; (iii) Training for farmers; (iv) Technical assistance for heavy metal discharging enterprises; and (v) Knowledge Dissemination. 4) The fourth component, Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation, aims to support day-to-day project implementation, procurement, financial management (FM); environmental and social safeguards functions carried out by the provincial Project Management Office (PPMO) and the county-level Project Management Units (PMUs); and coordination and collaboration among the local government agencies, nongovernmental agencies, and the farmers’ professional organizations.