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Croatia Agriculture Pollution Control project Hrvoje Horvat, MAFRD, project coordinator

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Page 1: 7-Presentation Croatian Agricultural Pollution Control Project_Hrvoje Horvat

CroatiaAgriculture

Pollution Control project

Hrvoje Horvat, MAFRD, project coordinator

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Introduction of the Project

• Founded by GEF, implemented through WB from the 2008.• national implementing entities: Ministry of agriculture, Agency

for paying in agriculture and Croatia waters• Estimated duration - four years, at an estimated cost of US$20

million (GEF Grant US$5.0 million, AACP associated financing US$13.9 million and beneficiary contribution US$1.1 million)

• part of an overall program of the government of Croatia to undertake actions for EU compliance in the agricultural sector.

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Project Objectives & Outcomes

CroatiaAPCP

Global objective

To reduce the discharge of nutrients

into Danube river basin

National objectives

• increase the use of environmentaly friendly agriculture practices• to comply with EU legislation

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Project Objectives & Outcomes

Key indicators include:

•At least 40% of the farming population in the project areas adopting preventive and remedial measures to reduce nutrient discharges;

•At least a 10% reduction in discharge of nutrients into surface and groundwater in the three project regions;

•Increased national awareness of linkages between local actions and impact on water nutrient load.

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Results in Stress Reduction

• At least 40% of the farming population in the project areas adopting preventive and remedial measures to reduce nutrient discharge – 30% according to APCP surveys (started with “few”)

• At least 200 ha of pilot GAP demonstration sites in each of the three counties (600 ha in total) – contracted 87 farmers with 710 hectares in total

• Percentage of cropped area in the project counties under relevant nutrient reduction measures. – 30% according to APCP surveys (started with <5%)

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Results in Stress Reduction

• Percentage of livestock farms in three participating counties that have animal waste storages - 19% according to APCP surveys (started with 6%)

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Results in Environmental Status

• Unified set of monitoring guidelines and standards for soil and water adopted and implemented – completed

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Process Results

• Multi-annual applied research into economic crop fertilizer response successfully completed – 2 researches with 2 Agronomy faculties in the process of completion

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Process Results

• Implementation of Code of Good Agricultural Practices – CGAP implemented, all Croatian farmers informed through available media and by receiving of CGAP related material on 85 000 home addresses

• Percentage increase of rural population in project and non-project areas aware of and initiating / implementing actions related to nutrient reduction – 81,5% of population are aware or initiating related nutrient actions according to APCP surveys (started with “very low if any”)

 

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ConclusionIn 2,5 years of the team work

• 31 on-farm investments contracted and under construction - 66 % of the investment funds contracted so far – ongoing process

• analytical piezometer wells installed on 12 farms - more installations in progress

• contracted 87 beneficiaries with 700 ha of GAP demonstration fields

• ongoing applied researches with the Faculty of Agronomy in Zagreb and Osijek - three different programs

• 3 sets of the field lysimeters– devices for analysis of percolating water installed in Varaždin county

• 85 000 copies of "Good agricultural practice" brochures were distributed to addresses of all producers

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ConclusionIn 2,5 years of the team work

• designed and produced 20 types of educational and promotional material

• more than 300 seminars, workshops and media appearances conducted so far

• 2 surveys of the producers were conducted and analised, third to be applied in 2012

• cooperation with the local community on education and informing of the farmers

• successful cooperation with local community in helping of poultry producers in Varaždin

county

• joint educational activities with the Energy institute „Hrvoje Požar

• well water analysis program started in pilot counties – more than 1400 so far

• cooperation in education with three agriculture high schools in project counties

• cooperation on education of farmers with largest Croatian food company Agrokor - project

Agro academy

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ConclusionGlobal and national context of the implementation

• Great economic crysis on the eve of t he project start

• Growing acomnomic problems in Croatia economy – separate problem

• Restructuring of agriculture sector in Croatia

Desappearing of smaller farms

Bigger farms encumbered with debts

Fear of investments and bigger changes

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ConclusionMOST IMPORTANT LESSONS LEARNED SO FAR

COMMUNICATION

Essential – active (daily based) exchange of information between the project team, donors, implementing entities and stakeholders.

MEASUREMENT - EVALUATION - CORRECTION

Essential – constant supervision of the activities and measurement of the results. CONCLUSIONS - CORRECTIONS

PLAN

Essential – translate the global project plan to specific monthly and weekly steps and include them in reporting format

PLANCOMMUNICATION