Recommended measures to control the potential risks with chemical fertilizer use The MLSPP PIU’s Environmental Specialist will review and approve the PMP prior to the approval of the subproject and monitor the implementation of the PMP.
Safety issues in mineral fertilizers usage and handling. Similarly, as in the case of usage of pesticides, fertilizers usage may provide important benefits, they also pose certain risks associated with accidental expose of environment and of farmers during their inappropriate handling and usage. To avoid adverse environmental impacts while using mineral fertilizers it is necessary to comply strictly with a series of requirements, stipulated in the existing legal documents as well as in the fertilizers Guidelines for their handling. The rules and procedures of production, storage, transportation and usage of the mineral fertilizers are reflected in a relatively small number of documents, and most of them were adopted at the time of the USSR.
Reviewing and approving subprojects which might involve purchasing and usage of mineral fertilizers. As handling and usage of mineral fertilizers might cause harm to the environment and to the farmers’ health, in the case of such types of subprojects the beneficiaries have to attach to the subproject proposal a short memo, including the following information: (a) types of fertilizer and its amount; (b) storage conditions; (c) ways of field usage; (d) measures to be undertaken to control possible hazard scenarios; and (e) responsible person. The subproject proposal along with this memo will be reviewed by the Grant Manager and by the MLSPP PIU Environmental Specialist who will provide his approval. The first two such subprojects will be also subject to prior review by the WB.
