croatia agricultural pollution control project

8/8/2019 Croatia Agricultural Pollution Control Project

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first two years

CroatiaAgricultural Pollution Control Project

Hrvoje Horvat

Project coordinator


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The Black Sea - significant environmental damage from agriculturepollution;

60% of the total dissolved nitrogen and phosphorous flowing into the BlackSea come from the Danube river basin;

The Danube River basin drain nearly half of Croatias agricultural land

Project backgroundGlobal context


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56 000 km of land area

63% of land area is avaliable agricultural land 0,72 ha per capita

44% of rural population

4 % percent of total population agricultural producers

Project backgroundCroatian agriculture


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Approx. 1,000,000 ha in production

Average farm size below 5 ha

About 70% of the arable area grain production

Cattle production - 40% share in total production

Project backgroundCroatian agriculture


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Agriculture extension institute founded in 1997

No legislation regarding GAP

Small number of households/farms familiar with GAPprocedures no subsidies for environment friendly farming

Project backgroundGood agriculture praxis in Croatia


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Heavy use of fertilizers

Lack of soil analisis and precise nutrient planing

Average anual consumption of fertilizers 58% higher than EU-15

Level of nitrogen exceeded by approx 90 kg N/ha of UAA

Project backgroundNitrogen pollution


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Eutrophication processes in most Croatia lakes and canals

The nitrogen content of Danube basin rivers is above themaximum allowed content (MAC);

Between 2000-2006, one out of every three samplesanalyzed from private water wells exceeded the MAC fornitrates.

Project backgroundWater pollution


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CroatiaAPCP

Global objective

To reduce the dischargeof nutrients

into Danube river basin

National objectives

increase the use ofenvironmentaly friendlyagriculture practices to comply with EU legislation


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

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

Increased national awareness of linkages between local actions andimpact on water nutrient load.

Key indicators include:


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Project components:


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Nitrates Mitigation Investment Fund

US$2.66 million under the Nitrates Mitigation Investment Fund;

Finance grants for 75 percent of manure storage cost in Osijeko-

Baranjska and Vukovarsko-Srijemska counties,

Support for Water & Soil Monitoring and Impact Analysis:

Install piezometers to monitor water quality outflow on farms with projectfinanced manure management;

CWA will monitor these piezometers as part of its national groundwatermonitoring program;

Mitigating nutrient loads to water bodiesfrom point-source pollution:


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Dissemination of Code of Good Ag. Practice:

distribution of the learning material

workshops, seminars

CGAP Training and Demonstration Program:

project staff in each of the 3 CAEI regional offices to supportgrant applications, promote nutrient management planning anddemonstrate cover crop technology

Applied Research Program

trial program to develop fertilizer response curves for the threemost economically important crop types in each of the projectcounties.

Promotion of agri environmentmeasures


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Public Awareness:

workshops, field days, study visits, training & publication to raiseawareness of project benefit.

Website:

develop and maintain CAEI website to promote project and nitratemanagement technologies.

Knowledge Sharing

participation in international workshops & conferences

Public awareness


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APCP Project Management Unit (PIU) within the Agricultural AcquisCohesion Project;

Project M&E

Education of the project stuff

Project management


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Operational start of the project

September, 2008.

Completion of the team and project advisors

ended by May 2009.

16 months of continuous team work


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Component 1

Prepared Investment fund procedures harmonised with EU fundslegislation

Investment fund announced in public by February 2010

7 farmers applications received

Three aplications approved one manure platform finished

30 farmers in final stage of preparation for the funds

Croatian waters technical procedures for water analisys adopted

Water laboratory advisor engaged

Piezometer wells instalation firm contracted total of 90 piezometers andlyzimeters


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Component 2

Established program of day-to-day informative visits to producers morethan 1200 so far

Contracted 87 farmers with more than 700 ha of GAP demonstration plots Aplied research program - established cooperation with Zagreb and Osijek

Agronomy faculty Fertilizer response research on each project county


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Component 3: Public awareness

APCP web site published in the beginning of 2009.

Organised more than 70 workshops and seminars part of them incooperation with local communities

Continuous appearance on local and national media radio, TV andnewspapers two times on the national agriculure TV special

Printed and distributed 85 000 CGAP broshure to all registered producers Designed and printed 10 sorts of educational broshures 60 000 pieces

Designed and produced 10 sorts of promotional material - 16 000 pieces


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Component 3: Project management

M&E system established by summer of 2009.

Implemented two surveys - baseline and mid-term M&E survey on more

than 1200 producers Three study visits and total of 3 weeks of intense education of the project

team (Extension skills and Nutrient management)


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Large agricultural producers connection with farmers in cooperation

Biogas promotion within educational material and during seminars

Cooperation with other entities

CROCAN Project

Monitoring the reduction of soil carbon and nutrient losses in Croatia.

Hrvoje Poar Energy Institute

Organisation of educational seminars for producers biogas technology

Varadin county

Joint iniciative with Petrijanec municipality to resolve problem of massivepoultry manure pollution


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Cooperation with DREPR team

Two visits to Belgrade and project sites

Joint study tour to the Nederlands


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croatia agricultural pollution control project

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