Agriculture Green Production and Waste Management Project – Subproject III

Client: Asian Development Bank

Duration: 2020-2021

Location: Qinghai Province, 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 technica assistant's (TA) 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 Plan for Rural Vitalization, 2018-2022 in the PRC.

Subproject III - Research on the Implementation of Rural Vitalization Strategy in Qinghai Province - aims to generate knowledge on the key constraints to, and opportunities for,rural vitalization in Qinghai Province.

Services Provided by NAREE

Research on key constraints to, and priorities for, rural vitalization in Qinghai Province - NAREE will generate new knowledge on the key constraints to rural vitalization in Qinghai and propose recommendations for addressing challenges in agriculture modernization, environmental protection, rural-urban integration, rural infrastructure andservice delivery, and governance and/or institutional challenges; and develop strategies and technical recommendations on how to promote livable ecological villages in Qinghai, addressing issues such as solid waste and waste water management.

Policy recommendation – NAREE will also provide recommendations on how to improve coordination within provincial government agencies and between provincial and national agencies for the purposes of rural vitalization