Table 8 Integrated Pest and Pesticide Management Action Plan Impact issue / Pest & Mitigation Implementation Expected Monitoring Key pesticide Measures tool result indicators implementing threat/ actors risk Control and Farmers supervise Adoption of IPM Number of trained in pesticide use approaches/ farmers trained, DAES- MoFA IPM by farmers techniques Training records regional officers techniques Pesticide Number of Pollution of Proper disposal container farmers/ water of pesticide Pesticide container disposal plan resellers aware resources and containers by collection and PIU/MoFA/EPA developed of pesticide aquatic life disposal plan and container implemented disposal plan Monitor Environmental Pesticide Levels of pesticides in quality monitoring concentration GIDA pesticides in resources plan (linkage with in water Desk/ EPA water resources Project ESMP) resources Design appropriate irrigation systems and ensure a) Adoption of functional environmentally operation a) Well friendly irrigation system functioning system designs; b) (removing and Selection of aquatic Number of experienced and vegetation, friendly times system Public health proven contractors GIDA concerns lining canals irrigation breakdown in a and consultants for with cement or system; given year from project designs and or plastic, b) infrequent construction; water related regularly breakdown of c) Effective fluctuating system diseases in operational project areas water levels, maintenance system periodic rapid under irrigation drying of irrigation canals) Ministry of in cases (MoH)/Ghana Monitor Hospital/clinical before and Health malaria and records of malaria cases during during project (GHS); bilharzias cases cases in project area project and clinics in project area implementation established project areas Project malaria and Frequency of Ministry of
Table 8 Integrated Pest and Pesticide Management Action Plan Impact issue / Pest & pesticide threat/ risk Mitigation Measures Implementation tool Expected result Monitoring indicators Key implementing actors Pollution of water resources and aquatic life Control and supervise pesticide use by farmers Adoption of IPM approaches/ techniques Farmers trained in IPM techniques Number of farmers trained, Training records DAES- MoFA regional officers Proper disposal of pesticide containers by Pesticide container collection and disposal plan Pesticide container disposal plan developed and implemented Number of farmers/ resellers aware of pesticide container disposal plan PIU/MoFA/EPA Monitor pesticides in resources Environmental quality monitoring plan (linkage with Project ESMP) Pesticide concentration in water resources Levels of pesticides in water resources GIDA Desk/ EPA Public health concerns from or water related diseases in project areas under irrigation Design appropriate irrigation systems and ensure functional operation system (removing aquatic vegetation, lining canals with cement or plastic, regularly fluctuating water levels, periodic rapid drying of irrigation canals) a) Adoption of environmentally friendly irrigation system designs; b) Selection of experienced and proven contractors and consultants for project designs and construction; c) Effective operational maintenance system a) Well functioning and friendly irrigation system; b) infrequent breakdown of system Number of times system breakdown in a given year GIDA Monitor malaria and bilharzias cases in project area Hospital/clinical records of malaria cases in project area cases before and during project established in cases during project implementation Ministry of (MoH)/Ghana Health (GHS); and clinics project areas Project malaria and Frequency of Ministry of
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