Livestock Waste Management in East Asia Project

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The Livestock Waste Management in East Asia Project aims to reduce the major negative environmental and health impacts of rapidly increasing concentrated livestock production on water bodies and thus on the people of East Asia. The project has the following components: (1) This component comprises two sub-components: (a) technology demonstration; and (b) training and extension, will finance consultant services and training, and finance goods and civil works. (2) This component comprises two sub-components: (a) policy development and testing; and (b) awareness raising, will finance consultant services, training and workshops to support the establishment of a policy and regulatory framework for environmentally sustainable development of livestock production in each country that will induce further policy reforms and encourage farmers to adopt improved manure management practices. (3) This component comprises two sub-components: (a) project management; and (b) monitoring and evaluation, will finance consultant services, training, office equipment and incremental operating costs to support efficient project management. (4) This component comprises two sub-components: (a) capacity building support; and (b) coordination and facilitation support, will finance consultant services, training, workshop, office equipment and incremental operating costs.