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Social and Environmental Assessment (risks and possibilities). Volga Farming Grain Production Project in Penza region (Russian Federationкнига
- Авторы: Frolov Stanislav, Jönsson Henrik, Kust German, Zetterquist Fredrik
- Год издания: 2010
- Место издания: Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, World Bank Group http://www.miga.org/documents/VF_ESIA_ESMP_101026_Final.pdf
- Объём: 109 страниц
- Аннотация: The prime objective of the project is to acquire first-class agricultural land, which has been abandoned since Soviet times, and to assemble a land platform from which to build a lean modern grain producer. Volga Farming (VF) has operated in the Russian Federation (RF) since 2007 and at present grows crops on and controls more than 65 000 ha of consolidated agricultural land located within a radius of 60 km in Penza region, 600 km Southeast of Moscow. The integrated economic, social and environmental approach to the land use and land management promotes the success of the company and VF is committed to grow to about 150 000 ha with expansion on adjacent regions and become a publicly traded company. Penza region’s advantages includes high-quality agricultural land with rich black soils (chernozems), a good education system and qualitative agricultural labor, good transportation infrastructure and political and economical stability. VF plans to invest into expanding the grain production on black soils in Penza and Tambov regions. The money will be invested during a three year period for expansion of agricultural land, new equipment, increase of grain storage and machinery capacity, application of modern no-till technologies, training for personnel and recruitment of additional personnel. The project has been classified as a Category B project under MIGA‘s Policy on Social and Environmental Sustainability. This is based on the nature of the project‘s predicted adverse impacts, which are/can be readily addressed via well-understood mitigation measures. The main possible risks of the agricultural activity are connected with grain production. The basic operations in the project are: tillage – sowing of crops – crops surgery – harvesting – transportation - preliminary sorting – storage – sale and shipment. The main environmental and social impacts are on soil erosion, pesticides and fertilizer pollution of water courses and soils, farm machinery pollution, crop storage pollution, depletion of water resources, dust creation, land acquisition and worker health and safety. As abandoned laylands are included in the project and will be gradually incorporated into crop rotation, special attention is given to the use and management of soil resources as a main natural resource for grain production. This will be made in terms of assessment of soil quality, management efficiency, present state, protection and replicability, maintenance of fertility, including paying attention to such activities as fallow, plant protection means, tillage of laylands, minimal soil treatment etc. The objective of the ESIA is to identify, assess and mitigate the impacts associated with the existing 65 000 ha of land and provide a framework for environmental and social management for new farming operations. The proposed MIGA guarantee will cover the 90 000 ha that has yet to be acquired in the Penza and Tambov regions. As the physical and socio-economic characteristics of the existing farming operations are similar to the identified locations in Penza and Tambov regions, this ESIA also presents the principles and procedures for managing the environmental and social impacts of all VF activities. As significant numbers of plots of land are acquired, site specific ESIAs will be prepared and reviewed by MIGA and local authorities in accordance with national laws and MIGA’s Performance Standards.
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