Uruguay

The objective of the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Climate Change Project is to support Uruguay's efforts to promote farmer adoption of improved e... Mostrar más + nvironmentally sustainable agricultural and livestock practices that are climate smart. There are four components to the project. The first component is Establishment of an Agricultural Information and Decision Support System (IDSS) to integrate, synthesize, and generate critical and timely information in relation to natural resource management, short and medium term climate forecast, as well as potential long term changes and impacts. The second component is on farm investments for 'climate-smart' agriculture and livestock management. This component would be implemented by Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP's) Rural Development Directorate (DGDR) and would finance carrying out of demand-driven subprojects consisting of investments and technical assistance. The third component is to capacity building and training. This component would finance activities aimed at strengthening the capacity of (a) farmers (regardless of their farm size) and technical staff of advisory service providers to adopt integrated natural resource and water management practices, and (b) MGAP, specifically of its Natural Resources Directorate (RENARE), to implement its natural resources management programs and climate change strategy in the agricultural sector. The fourth component is project management and monitoring and evaluation (M and E). This component would provide the funds required for (a) supporting the operation of the? Project Management Unit (PMU) for the efficient coordination and management of the project; (b) supporting the operation of the project's M and E system; (c) coordinating and supervising the implementation of the training activities described in third component; and (d) supporting the design and implementation of a communication strategy to disseminate results and lessons learned within the country and the region. Mostrar menos -

The Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Climate Change Project's main objective is to promote among farmers and rural people to adopt sustainable integr... Mostrar más + ated production systems in economic, social and environmental, within a context of integrated ecosystem management and natural resources. By incorporating management measures on soil, water, natural pastures, it seeks to improve the productivity of rural establishments integrating biodiversity conservation, tending to reduce the vulnerability of family farmers to climate variability. In parallel, it will improve early warning systems, improving decision-making process and the predictability and risk management to extreme weather. The development objective of the project is to make investments in agriculture and livestock production systems environmentally sustainable and resilient to climate variability while reducing GHG emissions from the sector. The objective would be achieved through developing instruments that would provide critical and timely information, as well as technical and financial assistance, to farmers in order to promote investments in their production systems aimed at reducing risks and making them more resilient to extreme climatic events. As a sector project where funding for specific subprojects will be examined on a case by case basis during implementation, the environmental impact depends on: i) how each sub-project will be evaluated for potential environmental consequences that lead to rejection acceptance, redesign or acceptance subject to mitigation measures, and ii) the likelihood of an institutional structure that could implement the recommendations of the Environmental Assessment. This project is to generate demand from the productive sector investment projects. This may mean that a proposal could create a risk of environmental impact. The project will contribute to the sustainability of the expansion and development of the agricultural sector in the medium and long term upgrading the integrated management of natural resources through improving the environmental quality of farms among other things to improve water use, soil and natural pastures, to increase forest cover with native species, reduce the use of agrochemicals, improved water catchment areas and others such as those mentioned in the preceding paragraphs. Since this is the expected result, it does not qualify as a project that generates a negative environmental impact; quite the contrary, at the environmental level it will have a positive or neutral effect. Mostrar menos -

The overall objective of the Support to Uruguayan Public Schools Project of Uruguay is to overhaul the Full Time School Expansion Project (PEETC) in order to improv... Mostrar más + e equity, quality and internal efficiency of preschool and primary education through the expansion of the Full Time Schools Program. The project will reach approximately 10,000 direct beneficiaries, who reside mainly in marginal urban areas. The primary beneficiaries will be students, teachers and principals that are converted from existing Escuelas de Tiempo Completo (ETC), and the students and their families living in areas of high urbanization where new schools will be built. Adverse environmental effects of the Project, if any, will be minor and localized. The potential environmental impacts of the construction generally can be direct or indirect. While a direct impact may change the topography of the land for the implementation of a project, the indirect impacts are the changes that are induced into the environment, population, the use of land and environmental resources. Potential adverse impacts include: Air pollution, air emissions (eg. Dust, odors, toxic fumes) and increased noise; Soil contamination due to poor management of construction waste and effluents; Loss or alteration of soil chemical and physical characteristics, its use and generation of erosion of instability; Sedimentation of water surfaces; Contamination of water sources and surface. Mostrar menos -

The bank has a long relationship with Uruguay's agricultural sector, expanding over a period of more than 60 years in which several projects and various analytical ... Mostrar más + and advisory assistance initiatives have been implemented. The main purposes of the present report are: a) to analyze the main characteristics of family agriculture as well as its development potential and constraints; b) to examine Uruguay's current agricultural policy and institutional framework; c) present a set of measures aimed at reducing vulnerabilities and increasing development opportunities for family producers; and d) contribute to Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fishery's (MGAP's) preparation of an agricultural and rural development plan 2010-15, by presenting a set of policy recommendations and measures to support an economic and environmentally sustainable family agriculture development within the Government's overall strategy to promote more equitable rural development. Uruguay's agricultural and food sector has successfully mastered past crises and retained its role as an important sector of the national economy, which saw its contribution to Gross Domestic product (GDP) increased from 6.0 percent during the economic crisis in 2000-2001 to 9.1 percent of national GDP, or 13.7 percent including agro-food processing, in 2008. Mostrar menos -