Grievance/ Complaints Horticulture Ensure that complaint may be raised manager will comments, mechanism verbally in report to grievances or community PMU on complaints and/or farmer issues raised are group in community adequately meetings. All or farmer addressed and potential meetings. use in future stakeholders PMU to project appraised of receive planning. meetings or formal notified where complaints. more formal PMU reflect comments/ on how complaints issues were may be address in submitted. E.g. annual grievance. reports. Environmental issues Training Training to PMU/Denmar Increased ensure sound to identify awareness of environmental and contract effective use management private firm of in fruit and help to provide tree capacity training production. building. Farmer groups to gain knowledge and experience, which will enable them to train future tree crop farmers in Lesotho. Pesticides The Denmar and Ensure that and application of the pesticide and fertilizers fertilizers and horticulture fertilizer pesticides will manager will utilization consider soil ensure follows type and slope adequate to ensure compliance. safeguards. protection of Global Gap Ensure that watershed will provide production is and oversight. cleared for groundwater. export. Pesticides and fertilizers application will be based on an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach. Erosion Ensure Horticulture Minimize and appropriate manager to prevent grading of soil regularly erosion in and planting. inspect and project Monitor develop communities. erosion mitigation. features in the
Grievance/ complaint mechanism Complaints may be raised verbally in community and/or farmer group meetings. All potential stakeholders appraised of meetings or notified where more formal comments/ complaints may be submitted. E.g. grievance. Horticulture manager will report to PMU on issues raised in community or farmer meetings. PMU to receive formal complaints. PMU reflect on how issues were address in annual reports. Ensure that comments, grievances or complaints are adequately addressed and use in future project planning. Environmental issues Training Training to ensure sound environmental management and help capacity building. PMU/Denmar to identify and contract private firm to provide training Increased awareness of effective use of in fruit tree production. Farmer groups to gain knowledge and experience, which will enable them to train future tree crop farmers in Lesotho. Pesticides and fertilizers The application of fertilizers and pesticides will consider soil type and slope to ensure protection of watershed and groundwater. Pesticides and fertilizers application will be based on an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach. Denmar and the horticulture manager will ensure compliance. Global Gap will provide oversight. Ensure that pesticide and fertilizer utilization follows adequate safeguards. Ensure that production is cleared for export. Erosion Ensure appropriate grading of soil and planting. Monitor erosion features in the Horticulture manager to regularly inspect and develop mitigation. Minimize and prevent erosion in project communities.
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