3.1 Potential Environmental Impacts and Recommended Determinations, Including Conditions Resilience and Economic Growth – Enhanced Resilience (REGIS-ER) 1. Increased and Sustainable Economic Well-Being Diversification of economic opportunities Proposed Activities Potential Adverse Environmental Recommended Determination Impacts Facilitate off season and labor intensive opportunities for This activity is not likely to result in any Categorical exclusion pursuant to productive employment. significant adverse environmental impacts 22CFR216.2(c)(1)(i) Introduce home gardening technologies. These will provide Home gardening by its nature and scale is Negative determination pursuant to the households with nutritious foods for home consumption not likely to result in any significant adverse 22CFR216.3(a)(2)(iii) is recommended subject and sale. environmental impact. However, to the conditions that the introduction of introduction of technologies that encourages technologies for home gardening will not the use of fertilizers, pesticides and exotic encourage the use of fertilizers, pesticides seeds can result in adverse environmental (without an approved PERSUAP), or seeds or impacts outlined in section 3.0 irrespective that best practices in the use of these inputs of the scale of operation. are promoted through the introduction of the technologies. Work with agro-pastoral groups as appropriate to improve Environmental impacts associated with Negative determination pursuant to animal health and nutrition to enhance household livestock livestock rearing can include generation of 22CFR216.3 (a)(2)(iii) is recommended subject assets. waste and pollution of water bodies. to the conditions that livestock rearing must incorporate best practices in handling waste and pollution as contained in the Environmental Guidelines for Small Scale activities in Africa, EGSSAA chapter 11 – on livestock production. Develop training of trainers programs for farmers to scale up No significant adverse environmental Categorical exclusion pursuant to agriculture and nutrition best practice information. impacts anticipated. 22CFR216.2(c)(2)(v) for document and information transfer Create village level loan and savings programs. No significant adverse environmental Categorical exclusion pursuant to impacts anticipated. 22CFR216.2(c)(1)(i)
3.1 Potential Environmental Impacts and Recommended Determinations, Including Conditions Resilience and Economic Growth – Enhanced Resilience (REGIS-ER) 1. Increased and Sustainable Economic Well-Being Diversification of economic opportunities Proposed Activities Potential Adverse Environmental Impacts Recommended Determination Facilitate off season and labor intensive opportunities for productive employment. This activity is not likely to result in any significant adverse environmental impacts Categorical exclusion pursuant to 22CFR216.2(c)(1)(i) Introduce home gardening technologies. These will provide the households with nutritious foods for home consumption and sale. Home gardening by its nature and scale is not likely to result in any significant adverse environmental impact. However, introduction of technologies that encourages the use of fertilizers, pesticides and exotic seeds can result in adverse environmental impacts outlined in section 3.0 irrespective of the scale of operation. Negative determination pursuant to 22CFR216.3(a)(2)(iii) is recommended subject to the conditions that the introduction of technologies for home gardening will not encourage the use of fertilizers, pesticides (without an approved PERSUAP), or seeds or that best practices in the use of these inputs are promoted through the introduction of the technologies. Work with agro-pastoral groups as appropriate to improve animal health and nutrition to enhance household livestock assets. Environmental impacts associated with livestock rearing can include generation of waste and pollution of water bodies. Negative determination pursuant to 22CFR216.3 (a)(2)(iii) is recommended subject to the conditions that livestock rearing must incorporate best practices in handling waste and pollution as contained in the Environmental Guidelines for Small Scale activities in Africa, EGSSAA chapter 11 – on livestock production. Develop training of trainers programs for farmers to scale up agriculture and nutrition best practice information. Create village level loan and savings programs. No significant adverse environmental impacts anticipated. No significant adverse environmental impacts anticipated. Categorical exclusion pursuant to 22CFR216.2(c)(2)(v) for document and information transfer Categorical exclusion pursuant to 22CFR216.2(c)(1)(i)
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