China - Gansu and Xinjiang Pastoral Development Project

Page 1 CHINA Gansu and Xinjiang Pastoral Development Project GEF Project Brief East Asia and Pacific Region EASRD Team Leader: Sari K. Soderstrom Sector(s): Animal production (50%), Agricultural marketing and trade (25%), Agricultural extension and research (25%) Theme(s): Land management (P), Other environment and natural resources management (P), Rural markets (P) I Date: October 21, 2002 --- Sector Manager/Director: Mark D. Wilson Country Manager/Director: Yukon Huang Project ID: P065035 Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan (SIL) [Global SupplementallD: POIm~ Team Leader: Sari~d~om - Sector Manager/Director: Mark D. Wilson Sector(s): General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan (SIL) (60%), Agricultural extension and research (40%) Focal Area: G Theme(s): Other environment and natural resources Supplement Fully Blended? No management (P), Biodiversity (P), Land management (P), Other rural development (P), Climate change (S) --, , Project Financing Data --- [X] Loan [ ] Credit [ ] Grant [ ] Guarantee r For Loans/Credits/Others: Amount (US$m): 10.50 Borrower Rationale for Choice of Loan Terms Available on File: [ Proposed Terms (IBRD): Variable-Spread Loan (VSL) ] Other: Yes Front end fee (FEF) on Bank loan: 1.00% Total r--'/!:[ 2 .4 5 66.27 10.50 BORROWER ffiRD I GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY [Total: 32.45 45.77 8.00 86.22 0.00 20.50 2.50 23.00 109.22 - Borrower/Recipient: PRC Responsible agency: GANSU PROVINCE, XINJIANG AUTONOMOUS REGION Ministry of Agriculture -Foreign Economic Cooperation Center -Livestock and Fisheries Project Division Contact Person: Mr. Tang Zhishao Tel: + 861065003273 Fax: + 861064194578 Email: Zstang@95777.Com Other Agency(ies): Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department, Gansu Province Address: I Qing'an Lu, Lanzhou, China, 730030 Contact Person: Mr. Li Guolin Tel: + 86 931 8452377 Fax: + 86 9318826287 Email: guoll@public.lz.gs.( Animal Husbandry Deparment, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Address: 23 Xinhua Nan Lu, Urumqi, China, 830001 Contact Person: Mr. Salajidin Tel: + 86 991 2825645 Fax: + 86 991 282 5645 Email: wzxmb(Q),fm365.con Email: guoll@public.lz.gs.cn Fax: + 86 991 2825645 Email: wzxmb@fm365.com I PO65035 Estimated Disbursements ( Bank FY/US$m): Page 2 - - Page 3 A. Project Development Objective 1 . Project development objective: (see Annex 1) Project Development Objective. The project development objective is to promote sustainable natural resource management through establishing improved livestock production and marketing systems that would increase the income of herders and farmers in the project areas. The proposed project would empower farmer and herder households in the project counties to better manage their grassland resources and improve forage and feed production on arable lands, thereby increasing their incomes through more efficient and quality focused livestock production, sufficient to generate marketable surplus to improve living standards. Establishment of improved livestock marketing systems in project counties would also increase the efficiency of the livestock production system and help raise the living standards of farmers and herders. Global Environmental Objective (see Annex 13) . The global environmental objective of the project is to mitigate land degradation, conserve globally important biodiversity, and enhance carbon sequestration, through promotion of integrated ecosystem management in the grassland, desert, and forest ecosystems of the Qilian Shan, Tian Shan, and Altai Shan mountain ranges in Western China. The global environmental objective would be achieved by implementing community based grassland management plans in selected project areas with high global biodiversity values; providing incremental investments for implementing grassland plans; and monitoring of grasslands habitats in selected pilot sites. 2 . Key performance indicators: (see Annex 1) Achievement of the project objective would be monitored by key performance indicators: Increasing trend in average net income of participating project households relative to other \01 households in the same township and county; Increasing trend in extent and location of grasslands under sustainable on-the-ground management; \01 Participant perception and understanding of biodiversity conservation and catchment management \01 impacts of their grazing management decisions; and Increasing trend in fine wool and mutton prices received by farmers'/herders