Russia – Krasnodar
Agricultural Nutrient Reduction Project
The overall objective of
this project in preparation is to increase the use
of environment-friendly practices by farmers and agro-industry
in the Krasnodar krai in order to reduce nutrient (N and P)
pollution from agricultural sources to the Black sea
The project will have four
components to be implemented over a period of five years:
Promotion of good
agricultural practices.
Restoration of abandoned
rice fields and monitoring soil and water quality
Strengthening of the
legislative, regulatory and institutional capacity
if the Krai government
Public awareness – the project would be implemented
in three regions of the Krai that are “hot spots” of nutrient pollution to Black
sea