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Page | ELRP-Integrated Pest Management Plan – IPMP-Component 1 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................. 6 1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................... 20 1.1 Emergency Locust Response Program ............................................................... 20 1.2 Project Development Objective ......................................................................... 20 1.3 ELRP Project Components ................................................................................ 20 1.4 Selected Pesticides ............................................................................................. 21 1.5 Project Activities ................................................................................................ 22 1.6 Project Beneficiaries .......................................................................................... 23 1.7 Aims and Objectives of IPMP ............................................................................ 23 1.8 Component 1 Implementation Arrangements .................................................... 24 2 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ..................................................................... 25 2.1 Stakeholder Identification .................................................................................. 25 2.2 Stakeholder Engagement .................................................................................... 25 2.3 IPMP Disclosure ................................................................................................ 26 3 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL BASELINE DATA................................... 27 3.1 Location and Size ............................................................................................... 27 3.2 Topography and Drainage .................................................................................. 27 3.2.1 Hydrology ................................................................................................... 27 3.3 Perennial and Seasonal Rivers ........................................................................... 30 3.3.1 River Perkerra ............................................................................................. 30 3.3.2 Tana River ................................................................................................... 30 3.3.3 Daua River .................................................................................................. 30 3.3.4 Kerio River.................................................................................................. 31 3.3.5 Athi-Galana-Sabaki River ........................................................................... 31 3.3.6 Turkwell River ............................................................................................ 31 3.3.7 Kathita River ............................................................................................... 31 3.3.8 Kalabata River ............................................................................................ 32 3.3.9 Ol Arabel River ........................................................................................... 32 3.3.10 Suguta River................................................................................................ 32 3.3.11 Kinna Springs.............................................................................................. 32 3.3.12 Lake Logipi ................................................................................................. 32 3.4 Land Use ............................................................................................................ 33 3.5 Protected Areas .................................................................................................. 35 3.6 Birdlife ............................................................................................................... 37 3.7 Socio-Economic Background ............................................................................. 40 3.7.1 Livelihood Systems ..................................................................................... 40 3.7.2 Poverty, Health and Gender ........................................................................ 41 4 POLICY AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR PEST AND PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................ 43 4.1 The Legal, Regulatory and Policy Framework .................................................. 43 4.1.1 Constitutional Provisions ............................................................................ 43 4.1.2 Pest Control Products Act Chapter346, 2012 ............................................. 44 4.1.3 Pest Control Products (Registration) Regulations, 1984 ............................ 45 4.1.4 The Pest Control Products (Licensing of Premises) Regulations, 1984 ..... 45 Page | ELRP-Integrated Pest Management Plan – IPMP-Component 1 2 4.1.5 The Pest Control Products (Labelling, Advertising and Packaging) Regulations, 1984 ..................................................................................................... 46 4.1.6 Pest Control Products (Importation and Exportation) Regulations, 1984 .. 46 4.1.7 Pharmacy and Poisons Act Chapter 244, 2012 ........................................... 46 4.1.8 Pest Control Products (Licensing of Premises) Regulations, 1984 ............ 46 4.1.9 Pest Control Products (Disposal) Regulations, 2006 .................................. 47 4.1.10 Plant Protection Act Chapter 324, 2012 ..................................................... 47 4.1.11 Environment Management and Coordination Act (No. 8 of 1999), EMCA (Amendment) Act 2015, Cap 387. ............................................................................ 47 4.1.12 Occupational Health and Safety Act, 2007 ................................................. 49 4.1.13 Public Health Act, Chapter 242, 2012 ........................................................ 51 4.2 Relevant Sector Policies ..................................................................................... 51 4.2.1 The Kenya Vision 2030 .............................................................................. 51 4.2.2 Agricultural Sector Development Strategy ................................................. 51 4.2.3 National Climatic Change Strategy ............................................................ 52 4.2.4 The National Agricultural Research Systems Policy .................................. 52 4.2.5 The National Agricultural Sector Extension Policy.................................... 52 4.2.6 The National Productivity Policy................................................................ 52 4.2.7 The National Food and Nutritional Security Policy ................................... 53 4.3 Relevant Institutions-Environmental.................................................................. 53 4.4 World Bank Group EHS Guidelines .................................................................. 54 4.5 International Environmental and Social Management Requirements ................ 54 4.5.1 Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992 ................................................. 54 4.5.2 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, 1998 ............................................................. 54 4.5.3 Bamako Convention, 1992.......................................................................... 55 4.5.4 International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) of FAO, 1952 .............. 55 4.5.5 World Food Security and the Plan of Action of November 1996............... 55 4.5.6 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992 ........... 55 4.5.7 FAO Guidelines on Good Practice for Aerial Application of Pesticides, 2001 55 4.5.8 FAO Guidelines on Good Practice for Ground Application of Pesticides, 2001 56 4.5.9 FAO Guidelines on Management Options for Empty Pesticide Containers, 2001 56 4.5.10 FAO Guidelines on Desert Campaign Organization and Execution, FAO Rome, 2001 ............................................................................................................... 56 4.5.11 FAO Guidelines on Desert Locust Control, 2003 ....................................... 56 4.5.12 FAO Desert Locust Guidelines on Safety and Environmental Precautions, 2003 57 4.6 Applicable World Bank’s Environmental and Social Standards ....................... 57 5 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................. 59 5.1 Control Strategies and Management Approach ................................................. 59 5.2 Choosing Pesticides for Locust Campaign......................................................... 59 5.3 Alternative Less Toxic Pesticides ...................................................................... 61 5.4 Summary of Toxicity of Selected Pesticides...................................................... 62 Page | ELRP-Integrated Pest Management Plan – IPMP-Component 1 3 5.5 Proposed Pesticides For Use in ELRP ............................................................... 63 5.6 Risks Associated with Pesticide Use .................................................................. 64 5.6.1 Pesticide Inefficacy ..................................................................................... 64 5.6.2 Impacts Occupational Health and Safety .................................................... 64 5.6.3