Public Disclosure Authorized ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR Public Disclosure Authorized A PROPOSED WORLD BANK LOAN FINANCED AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized CENTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT CHINESE ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Public Disclosure Authorized AUGUST 2004 Agricultural Technology Transfer Project – Environmental Impact Assessment AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. SUMMARY.............................................................................................................. 1 1.1. Foreword................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Evidence of Report Compilation............................................................................... 2 1.2.1. Planning Documents.......................................................................................... 2 1.2.2. Project Documentation...................................................................................... 3 1.2.3. Assessment Standards and Grades .................................................................... 3 1.2.4. World Bank Safeguard Policy ........................................................................... 3 1.3. Scope of Assessment................................................................................................. 4 2. BRIEF PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................. 4 2.1. Project Name, Implementing Agency and Categories .............................................. 4 2.2. Project Investment .................................................................................................... 4 2.3. Project Contents and Scale........................................................................................ 4 2.3.1. Contents and Scale of Cropping Projects .......................................................... 5 2.3.2. Contents and Scale of Breeding Projects........................................................... 5 2.3.3. Contents and Scale of Processing Projects........................................................ 5 2.3.4. Contents and Scale of Agricultural Technology Market, Service Systems and Training Projects.......................................................................................................................... 5 3. ENVIRONMENTAL DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT PROVINCES ................................. 5 3.1. Natural Environment................................................................................................. 6 3.1.1. Anhui Province.................................................................................................. 6 3.1.2. Heilongjiang Province....................................................................................... 6 3.1.3. Hunan Province ................................................................................................. 6 3.1.4. Shaanxi Province............................................................................................... 6 3.2. Socioeconomic Environment .................................................................................... 7 3.2.1. Anhui Province.................................................................................................. 7 3.2.2. Heilongjiang Province....................................................................................... 7 3.2.3. Hunan Province ................................................................................................. 7 3.2.4. Shaanxi Province............................................................................................... 7 i Agricultural Technology Transfer Project – Environmental Impact Assessment 4. CURRENT STATUS OF AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON CROPPING PROJECTS........ 8 4.1. Current Status of and Impact Assessment on Socioeconomic Environment............. 8 4.1.1. Analysis on the Current Status of Socioeconomic Conditions in the Project Area 8 4.1.2. Impact Analysis on Socioeconomic Environment in the Project Area.............. 9 4.2. Current Status of and Impacts Assessment on Ecological Environment................. 16 4.2.1. Bio-safety Impact Analysis ............................................................................. 16 4.2.2. Landscape Ecology Analysis........................................................................... 18 4.2.3. Analysis Assessment on Soil Erosion.............................................................. 20 4.2.4. Comprehensive Assessment on Impacts of Cropping Projects on Ecological Environment 26 4.3. Impacts Analysis on Environment Quality ............................................................. 26 4.3.1. Brief Description of Current Status of Environment Quality.......................... 26 4.3.2. Impacts Analysis on Environment Quality...................................................... 26 4.4. Conclusion .............................................................................................................. 32 4.5. Countermeasures and Suggestions.......................................................................... 33 5. IMPACTS ASSESSMENT ON BREEDING PROJECTS............................................... 35 5.1. Project Summary..................................................................................................... 35 5.2. Project Analysis ...................................................................................................... 35 5.2.1. Main Technical Points ..................................................................................... 36 5.2.2. Water Resources Consumption........................................................................ 36 5.3. Environmental Impacts Analysis ............................................................................ 44 5.3.1. Predictive Analysis on Socioeconomic Environmental Impacts ..................... 44 5.3.2. Analysis on Ecological Environmental Impacts.............................................. 52 5.3.3. Impacts on Agricultural Ecosystem................................................................. 52 5.3.4. Impact Analysis on Biodiversity and Bio-safety............................................. 53 5.3.5. Impact Analysis on Water Environment.......................................................... 53 5.3.6. Impacts Analysis on Anaerobic Environment ................................................. 54 5.3.7. Impacts Analysis on Noise Environment ........................................................ 55 5.3.8. Impacts Analysis on Solid Wastes................................................................... 56 5.3.9. Impacts Analysis on People’s Health .............................................................. 56 5.4. Environmental Impacts Mitigation Measures and Control Countermeasures for Breeding Components.................................................................................................................. 56 5.4.1. Pollution Control Countermeasures for Selecting Venue of Breeding Farm... 56 5.4.2. Countermeasures for Promoting Clean Production and Water Saving and Pollution Mitigation................................................................................................................... 57 5.4.3. Pollution Control Countermeasures for Storage of Livestock and Poultry Dung 58 ii Agricultural Technology Transfer Project – Environmental Impact Assessment 5.4.4. Pollution Control Countermeasures for Treatment and Utilization of Livestock and Poultry Dung....................................................................................................................... 58 5.4.5. Countermeasures for Treatment and Disposal of Corpses of Livestock and Poultry Died of Illnesses............................................................................................................ 61 6. ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) FOR PROCESSING PROJECTS ...... 62 6.1. Brief Description of the Projects .......................................................................................... 62 6.2. Project Analysis .................................................................................................................... 62 6.2.1. Technical Requirements................................................................................................... 63 6.2.2. Pollution Sources and Pollutants Discharge .................................................................... 63 6.3. Environment Impact Analysis............................................................................................... 63 6.3.1. Predictive Analysis on Socioeconomic Environmental Impacts...................................... 63 6.3.2. Air Environmental Impact Analysis on Processing Projects............................................ 70 6.3.3. Noise Environmental Impact Analysis on Processing Projects ....................................... 70 6.3.4. Solid Wastes Impact Analysis on Processing Projects..................................................... 70 6.3.5. Eco-environmental Impact Analysis on Processing Projects........................................... 70 6.4. Environmental Impact Mitigation Measures and Control Countermeasures for Processing Projects ........................................................................................................................................ 71 7. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS ON TECHNOLOGY MARKETS, SERVICES AND TRAINING PROJECTS................................................................................................