Agriculture Green Production and Waste Management Project – Subproject II

Client: Asian Development Bank

Duration: 2020-2021

Location: Heilongjiang and Hubei Provinces, PRC

Total Contract Value: USD 742,640

Catalogue: Agriculture

Project Description   

The overall project will support sustainable agriculture production and waste management by developing green agriculture production models for grain-producing areas of Heilongjiang and Shandong provinces experiencing soil and land degradation, proposing new models for the effective treatment and management of rural and agriculture organic waste in key grain producing areas, and supporting Qinghai Province in implementing the Strategic Plan for Rural Vitalization, 2018-2022. The TA’s outputs are: (i) knowledge of natural resource use and models for green agriculture production developed;(ii) New models for the proper treatment, usage, and management of rural organic waste proposed; and (iii) knowledge and understanding of key constraints to,and priorities for, rural vitalization in Qinghai Province generated. This TA comprises three subprojects. Each subproject will respectively deliver one output of this project. All three outputs will generate new knowledge and awareness on sustainable agriculture development and support the Strategic Planfor Rural Vitalization, 2018-2022 in the PRC.

Subproject II - Study on the Technology Integration and Policy Mechanism of Resource Utilization of Agricultural Organic Waste and Rural Clean Energy Development - aims to propose new models for the proper treatment, utilization, and management of rural organic waste.

Services Provided by NAREE

Studyon the Technology Integration and Policy Mechanism of Resource Utilization of Agricultural Organic Waste and Rural Clean Energy Development - NAREE will assist the PRC in better understanding the current usageand management of crop straw residue in key grain-producing areas, and in identifying the technologies and models required for the effective reuse of crop straw. This output aims to undertake an assessment and situation analysisof crop straw usage and management; evaluate policies, incentive structures,and mechanisms that contribute to the lack of social capital for efficient resource use and clean energy development; summarize domestic and international best practices and technologies forthe effective reuse of crop straw; and propose new models for the effective reuse of crop straw tailored to the PRC context; and identify the necessary financial, institutional, and market requirements to pursue these technologies.

Policy Recommendation - Based on the previous research, NAREE will prepare policy recommendations and action plans for provincial and national governments on how to effectively userural organic waste for agriculture and clean energy development purposes.