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Kazakhstan
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PPTA: KAZ33521-02
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Locust Management Project
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Location
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Sector
Agriculture & Natural Resources /Agriculture Production, Agroprocessing, & Agrobusiness
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Initial Listing
24 April 2000
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Most Recent Update
23 May 2000
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Executing Agency(ies)
Ministry of Agriculture
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TA Fact-Finding Mission Undertaken/Scheduled: 3-13 Apr 2000
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TA Approval Date
19 May 2000
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Estimated Completion Date
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- Cost and Financing Plan (in US$)
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TASF |
100,000.00 |
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100,000.00 |
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- Description
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| Strategic Development Objectives |
- Primary
- Sound Management of Environment
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- Secondary
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- Objectives and Scope
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A locust infestation has affected Kazakhstan's cropland with increasing severity since late 1998. Given the potentially explosive growth of the locust population under the country's agroclimatic conditions, the Government fears that an even more severe and extensive plague will ensue unless large-scale mitigative steps are taken in regions of the country that are most prone to infestation. The TA will assist the Government to prepare a Locust Management Project which will support and enhance the Government's program for pest and disease control beginning late in the year 2000. The Project will have two objectives: (i) control of the growth and damage of the locust population next year through an efficient, environmentally sound intervention; and (ii) development of a longer-term, sustainable approach to locust management using recent technological innovations.
The TA will complete preparatory work already initiated by ADB in three areas: (i) Environmental Impact Assessment; (ii) economic analysis of locust control alternatives, together with cost and financing plan for the project; and (iii) a detailed plan to be worked out in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture for the longer-run institutional responsibilities and arrangements for locust control in Kazakhstan.
- Policy Dialogue
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- Environment Category:
A
- Environment Impact and Mitigation
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- Social Aspects and Remedies
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- Benefits and Beneficiaries
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The primary benefit of the project will be the substantial reduction in crop damage that would otherwise occur in 2000 in the absence of an adequate spraying campaign. By promoting environmentally-sound best practices, the project will avoid environmental costs that might occur if the Government were forced to rely on older pesticides and outdated spraying technology. Beneficiary groups will include farms and rural communities, as well as urban communities that experience significant reduction in the quality of life due to the unchecked movement of locust swarms. By checking the growth of the locust population in Kazakhstan, the project will have regional benefits by reducing the movement of locust swarms into the territory of Kazakhstan's neighbors.
- Beneficiary Participation in Formulation
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Given the emergency nature of the envisioned Project interventions, a sample of the worst-affected regions of Kazakhstan was visited as part of the Project's preparation and environmental impact assessment (EIA) in order to (i) establish the need for and scope of the Project, (ii) assess the locust control measures undertaken in 1999 and planned for 2000, (iii) assess measures for mitigating adverse environmental impacts, and (iv) determine the needs for training and capacity building for efficient, environmentally sound locust management. As a further part of the EIA, public and private (NGO) environmental agencies/groups will be consulted.
- Beneficiary Participation in Implementation
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- Consulting Services
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The TA will require (i) 2.8 person-months of international consultant services in the areas of project and environmental economics (Team Leader), locust management, and environmental impact assessment; and (ii) 3.0 person-months of domestic expertise in the areas of agricultural economics, crop protection, and environmental assessment.
- Procurement
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To be determined.
- Contacts
- Bank
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Frederick C. Roche
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Deputy Director General
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SAOD
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Tel. No.:
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(632) 632-6423
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E-mail:
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froche@adb.org
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- Executing Agency
- Ministry of Agriculture
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Contact Person
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Ms. Lilija Musina, Vice Minister (Finance & Admin.
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Tel. No.
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(3172) 323-784
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Fax. No.
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(3172) 324-541
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