Agriculture Green Production and Waste Management Project – Subproject I

Client: Asian Development Bank

Duration: 2020-2021

Location: Qinghai, Shandong, Heilongjiang, and Hubei Provinces, PRC

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 andawareness on sustainable agriculture development and support the Strategic Planfor Rural Vitalization, 2018-2022 in the PRC.

Subproject I - Promote County - level Green Agricultural Development in Support of the Rural Vitalization Strategy: Research on Green Development Models in the PRC's Major Grain-producing Areas - aims to develop new knowledge of natural resource useand models for green agriculture production.

Services Provided by NAREE

Research on natural resource useand models for green agriculture production - NAREE will support the PRC in identifying improved models forgreen agriculture production in two key grain-producing areas experiencing soiland land degradation: Heilongjiang and Shandong provinces. In specific, we will assess the state and usage of natural resources and animal and/or crop production systems in the two provinces; analyze policies influencing natural resource use, chemical fertilizer and/or pesticide application, and agriculture production systems overall; and assess the social dimensions of production systems; propose climate-friendly models for animal production and crop cultivation that incorporate food safety and quality issues; undertake a cost-benefit analysisof the new green production models relative to current practices

Policy recommendation - Based on the previous research, NAREE will prepare policy recommendations for provincial and national governments on how to use natural resources more efficiently and balance agriculture production with environmental priorities.