The development objective of the Sindh Agricultural Growth Project for Pakistan is to improve the productivity and market access of small and medium producers in important commodity value chains.
... See More + The project comprises of three components. The first component, capacity building and institutional development will finance capacity building of producers through technology development, technology dissemination, training, and exposure. It includes following three sub-components: (i) capacity building of producers; (ii) modernization of extension services and agricultural research; and (iii) strategic planning for the agricultural sector. The second component, investment for agricultural growth will finance specific investments in the horticulture and dairy value chains and a targeted investment to reduce post-harvest loss among small-holder rice growers. It will also finance a demand driven innovation fund to support farmers and producers with technology innovations in the selected value chains. It includes following four sub-components: (i) horticulture value chains; (ii) rice post-harvest loss management; (iii) dairy value chain; and (iv) demand driven innovation fund. The third component, project management and monitoring and evaluation will finance costs for: (i) project management units (PMUs), project coordinator's office, and project implementation units (PIUs); (ii) third party monitoring; (iii) implementation of environment and social management framework (ESMF) and pest management plan (PMP) and development of social assessment; and (iv) rigorous impact evaluation to attribute causality to project interventions.
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The development objective of the Sindh Agricultural Growth Project for Pakistan is to improve the productivity and market access of small and medium producers in selected commodity value chains.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of land, soil and water contamination, discharge of wastes, aggravation of solid waste problems, health issues, environmental degradation, traffic, impacts on women, children, and vulnerable groups, and influx of workers and employment. Mitigation measures include: (1) ensuring that involuntary resettlement do not take place for sub-projects; (2) storing and handling fuel, oil, and other chemicals by following the standard operating procedures, avoiding any leakage and spillage, and minimizing contamination of soil and water; (3) ensuring that the wastes are not released into any drinking water source, cultivation fields, or critical habitat; (4) recycling of solid waste as far as possible and practical; (5) carrying out community consultations for health issues as part of the sub-project design activities; (6) promoting crop rotation practices to avoid soil fertility degradation; (7) preparing traffic management plan depending upon the traffic volume and the condition or nature of local routes; (8) ensuring that discrimination is not done with respect to religion, caste, gender, or association with any social group; and (9) undertaking and managing grievance redress mechanism (GRM) to amicably resolve any disputes or conflicts related to employment and service provision.
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The development objective of the Sindh Agricultural Growth Project for Pakistan is to improve the productivity and market access of small and medium producers in selected commodity value chains.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of land, soil and water contamination, discharge of wastes, aggravation of solid waste problems, health issues, environmental degradation, traffic, impacts on women, children, and vulnerable groups, and influx of workers and employment. Mitigation measures include: (1) ensuring that involuntary resettlement do not take place for sub-projects; (2) storing and handling fuel, oil, and other chemicals by following the standard operating procedures, avoiding any leakage and spillage, and minimizing contamination of soil and water; (3) ensuring that the wastes are not released into any drinking water source, cultivation fields, or critical habitat; (4) recycling of solid waste as far as possible and practical; (5) carrying out community consultations for health issues as part of the sub-project design activities; (6) promoting crop rotation practices to avoid soil fertility degradation; (7) preparing traffic management plan depending upon the traffic volume and the condition or nature of local routes; (8) ensuring that discrimination is not done with respect to religion, caste, gender, or association with any social group; and (9) undertaking and managing grievance redress mechanism (GRM) to amicably resolve any disputes or conflicts related to employment and service provision.
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