Romania: Agricultural Pollution Control Project - under WB-GEF Strategic Partnership for Nutrient Reduction in the Danube River and Black Sea

The key objective of this project is to address the main cause of transboundary pollution in the Danube River and Black Sea by reducing the discharge of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous) through integrated land and water management. The project would assist tha Government of Romania in its efforts to promote the adoption of environmentally friendly agricultural practices and to restore part of the former floodplain areas along the lower Danube, thus reducing discharge of nutrients and improve water quality in the Danube and Black Sea. The project would be part of a larger regional effort, facilitated by the GEF, to restore aquatic ecosystem health in the Black Sea Basin, which is threatened by excessive nutrient pollution. The project would demonstrate effective inter-sectoral mechanisms for combining good agricultural practices and wetland rehabilitation to reduce nutrient runoff to the Black Sea. It would assist the country to meet its obligations under the Bucharest Convention, the Odessa Declaration, the Danube Convention and the EU Directives. The project area will cover 60,000 ha of agricultural land located in Southern Romania; it borders the Danube and includes the Sticleanu Polder, a reclaimed floodplain area containing the Iezer Calarasi proposed nature reserve.

Documents & Resources

terminal-evaluation Romania APCP- Terminal Evaluation experience-notes Experience Note: How Codes of Good Agricultural Practices Contribute to Nutrient Reduction workshop A report for Ministry for Environment and Water Management Results of Surveys in Households and Agricultural Companies Results of Community Studies APCP Code of Good Agricultural Practices for Farmers' Use APCP Code of Good Agricultural Practices APCP Good Management Practices for the Operation of Platforms Presentation APCP Manure Management and Environmental Quality Presentation APCP Regional Conference Presentation APCP General Information Presentation APCP Procedures and Policies to Get Top Quality Compost from Manure Platforms Presentation APCP Solid Manure Management Presentation APCP Manure Management and Water Quality Presentation APCP CompostingAgricultural Byproducts Presentation APCP Spreading Solid Manure Presentation APCP Monitoring of social effects Presentation 88_RomaniaComposting 86_RomaniaSpreadingManure 66_CODeng1firstversion report Working Paper 16 - Operational Manual for Manure Management System Working Paper 15 - Operational Manual on Competitive Grant Scheme for Applied Agricultural Research Working Paper 14 - Project Monitoring and Evaluation System Working Paper 13 - Financial Management System Manual Working Paper 12 - Quality Control and Quality Assurance Operational Manual Working Paper 11 - Review of the Regulatory Framework Governing Agricultural Pollution Control in Romania Working Paper 10 - Design of Public Awareness Program Working Paper 9 - Strengthening Capacity in Calarasi Judet for Soil and Water Quality Monitoring Working Paper 8 - Proposal for Integrated Management of the Boianu-Sticleanu Polder Working Paper 7 - Feasibility Study for Manure Storage System Working Paper 6 - Design of Village-Level Manure Management Storage and Handling System Working Paper 5 - Assessment of Land-Use Suitability and Proposals for Land-Use Information System Working Paper 4 - Design of Agro-forestry Program Working Paper 3 - Design of Testing and Demonstration Program for Environment-friendly Agricultural Practices Working Paper 2 - Assessment of Land Use Suitability and Programs for Testing / Demonstration Working Paper 1 - Presentation of the Project Area Safeguards Diagnostic Review - Equivalence and Acceptability Assessment Report Estimation of costs associated with implementation plan of EC nitrates directives project-identification-form APCP - GEF Grant Agreement project-document Progress report 7 Progress report 6 Progress report 5 Progress report 4 Progress report 3 Progress report 2 Progress report 1 APCP Project Appraisal Document results-notes 2011 Results Notes - Romania- Agricultural Pollution Control Project evaluation WP11 WP13 WP12 WP7 WP16 maps_graphic border-of-danube-river-2 border-of-danube-river-1