3.1 Potential Environmental Impacts and Recommended Determinations, Including Conditions Resilience and Economic Growth – Enhanced Resilience (REGIS-ER) 1. Increased and Sustainable Economic Well-Being Diversification of economic opportunities Proposed Activities Potential Adverse Environmental Impacts Recommended Determination Facilitate off season and labor intensive opportunities for productive employment. This activity is not likely to result in any significant adverse environmental impacts Categorical exclusion pursuant to 22CFR216.2(c)(1)(i) Introduce home gardening technologies. These will provide the households with nutritious foods for home consumption and sale. Home gardening by its nature and scale is not likely to result in any significant adverse environmental impact. However, introduction of technologies that encourages the use of fertilizers, pesticides and exotic seeds can result in adverse environmental impacts outlined in section 3.0 irrespective of the scale of operation. Negative determination pursuant to 22CFR216.3(a)(2)(iii) is recommended subject to the conditions that the introduction of technologies for home gardening will not encourage the use of fertilizers, pesticides (without an approved PERSUAP), or seeds or that best practices in the use of these inputs are promoted through the introduction of the technologies. Work with agro-pastoral groups as appropriate to improve animal health and nutrition to enhance household livestock assets. Environmental impacts associated with livestock rearing can include generation of waste and pollution of water bodies. Negative determination pursuant to 22CFR216.3 (a)(2)(iii) is recommended subject to the conditions that livestock rearing must incorporate best practices in handling waste and pollution as contained in the Environmental Guidelines for Small Scale activities in Africa, EGSSAA chapter 11 – on livestock production. Develop training of trainers programs for farmers to scale up agriculture and nutrition best practice information. Create village level loan and savings programs. No significant adverse environmental impacts anticipated. No significant adverse environmental impacts anticipated. Categorical exclusion pursuant to 22CFR216.2(c)(2)(v) for document and information transfer Categorical exclusion pursuant to 22CFR216.2(c)(1)(i)
Increasing Innovation and Private Sector Investment Proposed Activities Potential Adverse Environmental Impacts Recommended Determinations Develop and test innovative business models and technologies to commercialize and scale up seed, fodder and pasture production. Promote existing but successful and or develop innovative financial products, services and delivery channels for the agriculture and livestock sector. Test business and/or marketing models that leverage existing social and business networks and lead to improved and inclusive marketing arrangements benefiting agro-pastoralists. Test new and inclusive business models for expanded value addition; scale up successful demonstrations of business models. Promote learning and innovation among stakeholders that leads to improved competitiveness, greater inclusion of poorer including women herders and traders, and greater transparency. Support policy studies of key constraints to the end-market diversification and strengthening dialogue between value chain stakeholders and government and other public sector institutions. In collaboration with technical personnel (in public sector and NGOs), traders and agro-pastoralists, identify, screen, pilot and scale up feasible and appropriate best practices. No significant adverse environmental impacts anticipated Categorical exclusion is recommended pursuant to 22CFR216.2(c)(1)(i) 22CFR216.2(c)(2)(i), 22CFR216.2(c)(2)(v)