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TURKEY

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Halil AGAHSr Rural Development Specialist

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The objective of the project is to support sustainable natural resource management and poverty reduction in degraded watersheds in the 2 river basins and the Black Sea Coast.

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Project ObjectivesProject Objectivesa) improve framework for the overall river basin

planning & management,

b) Introduce communities to more environmentally-friendly farming and forestry production practices to raise and improve household incomes,

c) encourage local communities to take responsibility for planning and implementing an integrated,

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d) increasing the use of good agricultural practices for reducing nutrient discharge particularly from agricultural sources to the Black Sea,

e) strengthen institutional capacity to promote sustainable natural resource management and to raise public awareness about resource degradation issue.

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Strategic Partnership Arrangements (2005-11) Watershed Management (USD 20 million)

Agricultural Pollution Control (USD 7 million)

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AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

• Manure Management• Nutrient Management• Water Quality Monitoring• Organic Farming / GAPs• Implementation of Nitrate Directive

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AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL Results of iResults of implementationmplementation;;• established ownership of the rural

communities for operation of the manure management infrastructures and equipments (3 central storage and handling facilities, 117 farm and 45 household type manure stores),

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AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

• created good partnership at the regional level with the line ministries and agencies for the collection and analysis of water quality samples,

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AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

• increased the institutional capacity of MARA and MoEF at central and provincial levels (Training-MARA & MoEF staff and farmers, demonstrations, lab hand books, etc.),

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AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

• developed the public awareness on the nutrient pollution and manure management on the project sites (Community meetings, training programs, short visit tours, etc.),

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AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

• strengthened the policy and regulatory capacity towards meeting EU standards (application of the EU Nitrates Directive and development of a Code of Good Agricultural Practices).

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AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL • to increase the public awareness about APC at the

national level,• to share the manure management practices,• to use similar methodology for sampling and

analysis,• to establish a partnership with the local

beneficiaries for the new investments,• to transfer GAPs experience at the national level,• to create integration with watershed management

& APC.

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