Dr. Alexandru Jolondcovschi, APCP Manager Presented at the Black Sea – Danube Regional Conference on Nutrient Pollution Control in Chisinau, Moldova – October 2006

1. Agricultural Pollution Control Project:
Moldovan Experience with Nutrient Pollution
Control in Agro-Processing
Regional Conference on Nutrient Pollution Control in the
Danube and Black Sea Basins
October 3-6
Republic of Moldova
Dr. Alexandru Jolondcovschi, APCP Manager

2. The APCP Moldova effectiveness
APCP Moldova was
declared effective on
March 22, 2004

3. Project Objectives
The ultimate goal is to reduce the discharge of nutrients into the Danube
River and Black Sea through integrated land and water management. The
project will assist the Government of Moldova to:
 (i) promote the adoption of mitigating measures by farmers and agro-
industry for reducing the nutrient loads entering the water bodies – these
measures would include better management of household and livestock
wastes in the villages, crop nutrient management, planting of buffer strips
and conservation tillage, as well as dealing with wastewaters from agro-
processing units;
 (ii)strengthen national policy, regulatory enforcement and institutional
capacity for agricultural nutrient pollution control and organic farming; and
 (iii) promote a broad public awareness campaign and replication strategy.

4. Project components
 Promotion of mitigation measures to reduce nutrient run-offs into water
objectives:
• Award GEF mitigation grants to eligible applicants from the RISP Special Credit Line;
• Manure management ;
• Promote environment-friendly agricultural practices;
• Plant forest vegetation;
• Restore wetlands;
• Monitor water and soil quality.
 2. Strengthening of national policy and regulation capacity in the field:
 Identify gaps in the national legislation pertaining to agricultural pollution control;
 Make comparative analysis between national regulations and of EU, especially Nitrates Directive;
 Draw up a Code of Good Agricultural Practices.
 3. Public awareness and replication strategy:
 Develop a public awareness campaign and training for the population and stakeholders from the
pilot area, who will ensure support for the project interventions;
 Replicate results at pilot area and country level.
 4. Project administration:

5. Project scope

At the country level, the project will be implemented in close association
with the Rural Investments and Services Project (RISP), financed by IDA,
which assists Moldova in increasing the profit level and improving living
conditions in rural areas, via promotion of entrepreneurship in agro-industrial
sector, raising of agricultural production, broadening of economic activities
and trade development. APCP will offer grants to agro-industries,
cooperatives, individual and farmers’ associations to cover incremental costs
related to mitigation measures for reducing nutrient load into water. Awarding
will be done based on some eligibility criteria established jointly with all
interested parties. The results of the project, especially from the pilot area, will
be replicated at the country level, through public awareness and training
campaign.
 In the pilot area, which includes a part of the Prut River tributary, an
integrated soil and water management plan, for reducing and fighting nutrient
pollution, will be developed. The Plan is designed for Lapusna Watershed.

6. The APCP/RISP Synergy
Which RISP projects are eligible for the APCP
Environment Mitigation Grants:
Livestock production Crop production
Agro-
industries
Irrigation/irrigation
systems
Storage of
fertilizers
etc

7. The APCP/RISP Synergy:
Accomplishments
 61 RISP borrowers have
receive GEF Environment
Mitigation Grant totaling
almost $1,450,000:
- 42 in livestock
production;
- 6 agro-industries;
- 9 crop production;
- 4 irrigation systems.

8. Lapusna Project Pilot Area
Overview:
2 counties:
Hînceşti - Leova
11 comunas
14 737 households
43 238 inhabitants
46 603 ha total
surface
33 899 ha total
cropland surface

9. Manure Management Program
In winter 2004, in the Negrea comuna, the Manure Management
System was set up, consisting of one communal and 150 household
manure storage and handling facilities. The manure management
systems has been equipped with a tractor, shredder, vacuum tanker
and manure spreaders
amounting to $41,000.
In 2005 similar manure
management systems were
established in the Carpineni and
Lapusna comunas.

10. The Mayor of Carpineni becomes the owner
of the communal platform


11. The Mayor of Lapusna becomes the
owner of the the communal platform

12. Manure Management Program
Stages of construction at communal manure platform
Terracing
Ballast
layer
Cement
coping
Hydro-insulation
Floor reinforcement
Concrete
pumping
Wall
reinforcem
ent
Opening of platform

13. Manure Management System
Communal platform in use Individual platform in use

14. Environment- Friendly Agricultural
Practices Program
In the pilot area, two comunas (villages) were selected for testing/monitoring of
environment-friendly agricultural practices. The first comuna, Negrea– for
testing/demonstration and monitoring purposes, and the second, Pascani,
only for testing/demonstration purpose.
Today we have in Negrea 5 demonstration fields with the following EFAP:
- crop rotation;
- strip cropping;
- grassed waterways;
- buffer strip around vineyards, and;
- catch crops in vineyards
And 3 demonstration fields in Pascani:
- strip cropping;
- catch crops in vineyards;
- grassed waterways

15. Agro-forestry practices
Twenty four ha of forest belts have been planted
in Carpineni and 40,000 seedling distributed to
the farmers to be planted in shelterbelts.

16. Water Quality Monitoring Program
According to the sampling data,
water quality of the River Lapusna
is mainly second class (moderately
polluted). However, in some sectors
of the river the quality is as low as
3rd class ("polluted") and 4th class
("very polluted").
Upstream-downstream water quality monitoring of
Lapusna
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2
3
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SB1 SC2 ST3 SD4
N-NH4 (mgN/l)
N-N02 (mgN/l)
N-N03 (mgN/l)
Ntotal (mgN/l)
Ptotal (MgP/l)
P-PO4
CBO5 (02/l)
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s.Corne[ti
s.Leu[eni
s.Coste[ti
s.Ivanovca
s.Cotul-Morii
s.Sobileni
s.Nemeni
s.Frasin
s.C==leni
s.Bujor
s.Drojdieni
s.Boghiceni
s.Chetro[eni
s.S=rata-Mare
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s.Caracui
s.Pa[cani
s.Pereni
r.L=pu[na
r.L=pu[na
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r.Lapusna
r.Prut
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r.Prut
s.Mingir
s.Cioara
s.Pog=ne[ti
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s.Horje[ti
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s.B=lceana
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s.Sofia
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s.Mire[ti
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OldNegrea
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LEGEND
River
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Existentforests
Village
PROJECTED
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Controlsub-basin"Balceana"
Treatedsub-basin"OldNegrea"
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Treatedrivercatchmentsection
Monitoringprojectarea

17. Strengthening of national policy and
regulation capacity in the field
Organic farming:
- the Law on Biological Agriculture has been passed by the
Parliament
- The Department of Agro-chemistry and Ecology within the
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry dealing with organic
farming issue has been established
Code of Best Agricultural Practices
- A team comprising 5 local and one international consultant
participated in writing the Code;
- The expertise of the main stakeholders- Ministries of Ecology
and Agriculture and Academy of Science- has been sought
- The Draft Code consisting of 20 chapters was sent to the World
Bank for comments

18. Public Awareness and Replication
Strategy Component
Public Awareness Program at the local level:
- day-to-day, individual and joint
meetings with the target groups
to promote the idea that “clean
water means health and no one
but us could protect nature”;
- Meetings and workshops for the
local authorities and school children,
workshops and field visits

19. Public Awareness and Replication
Strategy
Actions at both local and national level:
- 8 issues of APCP Supplement
to the Newspaper “Natura”
- Promotional materials:
- articles and debates
in printed press, radio
and TV and the Internet

20. Public Awareness and Replication
Strategy
And of course the expedition along the Lapusnita River …

21. Conclusions and lessons learned
 The interest for the APCP Mitigation Grants is very high;
 The farmers now are much more aware of environment
mitigation measures at both pilot area and national level;
 Some counties require for a similar project to be run in their
area;
 This project should follow up at the national level with a larger
scope of activity;
 It is advisable to conduct public awareness actions upfront every
investment in the pilot area; and,
 While designing the actions one should keep in mind that every
actions is intended:

22. water,
forest ,
flora and fauna
the communities
we live in
the EARTH
and
to protect

23. Thank you for your
attention!
GEF/WB Agricultural Pollution
Control Project of Moldova
9 Cosmonautilor St., Chisinau, MD-2005,
Republic of Moldova
tel/fax: 22 41 87, 22 15 86
e-mail: alexjol@capmu.md