Any support that includes capacity building for contract farming or out-grower schemes will integrate and promote arrangements and out-grower general awareness of the environmental, health and safety risks presented by agriculture, or livestock activities, and schemes appropriate choices and measures to manage these risks. Any pesticide use, procurement, or promotion in any activities (including support to extension activities) must fully conform to the provisions of the 2018 USAID/Malawi Mission-wide PERSUAP or subsequent PERSUAPs which fully amend or replace the 2018 USAID/Malawi Mission-wide PERSUAP and conform with the GOM rules and regulations for pesticide procurement and use. Negative Determination subject to the following conditions: For financial support of SMEs, USAID will support business service and credit providers in the screening of their Small and medium enterprises activities to categorize the SME’s work to the types and seriousness of environmental impacts they generate. An (SMEs) finance: SME partner or credit provider needs to ensure that assistance for the SME complies with local, national, USAID, Small and medium enterprise and its own organizational environmental policies. The goal of the screening phase is to determine quickly and products and services supported easily if an assistance request from an SME (for a loan, business planning, accounting training, etc.) will need within the Sustainable Livelihoods environmental review before it can be approved. PAD could include a high diversity of For financing of SMEs generating toxic or hazardous waste, such as leather or gold processing and brick making, actions. This condition covers the (1) the formal AFR subproject/subgrant review process, as set out by the AFR Environmental Review Form finance only with technical support to (available at ) must be completed and approved by the A/COR, MEO and Regional Environmental Advisor (REA); physical activities being covered (2) the IP must assure implementation of any mitigation and monitoring conditions specified by the approved ERF; elsewhere under specific Interventions and (3) a waste management plan must be developed by the IP to accompany the EMMP. Reference the Medium Categories of the IEE. and Small Enterprises Sectoral Guidelines available at: .
arrangements and out-grower schemes Any support that includes capacity building for contract farming or out-grower schemes will integrate and promote general awareness of the environmental, health and safety risks presented by agriculture, or livestock activities, and appropriate choices and measures to manage these risks. Any pesticide use, procurement, or promotion in any activities (including support to extension activities) must fully conform to the provisions of the 2018 USAID/Malawi Mission-wide PERSUAP or subsequent PERSUAPs which fully amend or replace the 2018 USAID/Malawi Mission-wide PERSUAP and conform with the GOM rules and regulations for pesticide procurement and use. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) finance: Small and medium enterprise products and services supported within the Sustainable Livelihoods PAD could include a high diversity of actions. This condition covers the finance only with technical support to physical activities being covered elsewhere under specific Interventions Categories of the IEE. Negative Determination subject to the following conditions: For financial support of SMEs, USAID will support business service and credit providers in the screening of their activities to categorize the SME’s work to the types and seriousness of environmental impacts they generate. An SME partner or credit provider needs to ensure that assistance for the SME complies with local, national, USAID, and its own organizational environmental policies. The goal of the screening phase is to determine quickly and easily if an assistance request from an SME (for a loan, business planning, accounting training, etc.) will need environmental review before it can be approved. For financing of SMEs generating toxic or hazardous waste, such as leather or gold processing and brick making, (1) the formal AFR subproject/subgrant review process, as set out by the AFR Environmental Review Form (available at ) must be completed and approved by the A/COR, MEO and Regional Environmental Advisor (REA); (2) the IP must assure implementation of any mitigation and monitoring conditions specified by the approved ERF; and (3) a waste management plan must be developed by the IP to accompany the EMMP. Reference the Medium and Small Enterprises Sectoral Guidelines available at: .