1. MINISTRY OF WATERS AND THE WORLD BANK
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ROMANIA
AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL PROJECT
WBTF 050327-RO
MANURE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Stefan NICOLAU
M&E Specialist, PMU
Torun (Przsysiek), Poland, September 17-20, 2002

2. Project Development Objective:
• The overall project development objective is to
increase significantly the use of environmentally-friendly
agricultural practices in the project area
and thereby reduce nutrient discharge from
agricultural sources in Romania to the Danube
River and Black Sea.
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3. PROJECT FUNDS:
TOTAL: US$ 10.80 mil.
– GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY: US$ 5.10 mil.
– GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA: US$ 5.70 mil.
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4. Project Components
Component 1: Activities in the Calarasi Judet
• Manure Management Practices
• Promotion of Environment-friendly Agricultural Practices
• Integrated Management of Boianu-Sticleanu Polder and Ecological
Restoration of part of the Calarasi-Raul Polder:
• Soils and Water Quality Monitoring.
Component 2: Strengthening National Policy and Regulatory Capacity
Component 3: Public Awareness and Replication Strategy
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5. Nutrients Management
• Imported in the Project area – Factory-made
fertilizers;
• Locally produced - Organic Fertilizers from
manure.
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6. Total Livestock Number in the Project Area
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Comuna
Cattle
(heads)
Pigs
(heads)
Sheep
and
Goats
(heads)
Horses
(heads)
Poultry
(heads)
Gradistea 1,820 6,336 3,556 637 48,700
Al. Odobescu 676 1,725 3,644 587 23,006
Ciocanesti 955 5,993 9,338 294 52,469
Independenta 1,406 2,695 865 328 34,780
Vilcelele 649 2,364 2,331 350 68,108
Vlad Tepes 452 1,763 2,018 390 27,000
Cuza Voda 1,151 1,549 7,173 341 38,159
Total Stock 7,109 22,425 28,925 2,927 292,222

7. Number of Livestock at the Household Level
Communa Households With Stock
Cattle
(heads)
Pigs (heads)
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Sheep and
Goats
(heads)
Horses
(heads)
Poultry
(heads)
Gradistea 1975 60% 2 5 3 1 41
Al. Odobescu 1800 60% 1 2 3 1 21
Ciocanesti 2900 60% 1 3 5 0 30
Independenta 1396 60% 1 3 1 0 42
Vilcelele 900 60% 1 4 4 1 126
Vlad Tepes 1300 60% 1 2 3 1 35
Cuza Voda 1720 60% 1 1 4 0 28

8. Existing Manure Management
Practices
• Livestock housing systems is
rudimentary with accumulation of dung
plus urine and effluent that is allowed to
soak into the ground. Only few
households have simple tanks for
collecting effluent. Solid waste is
generally dumped by the roadside or left
in the water-courses.
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9. Concept of waste handling at the
Household Level
• Locate the waste store close to the livestock housing.
• Avoid double handling of the waste before the store.
• Provide impermeable storage for the solid livestock
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waste.
• Stack the waste to reduce run off.
• Stack the waste to increase storage capacity.
• Provide catchment to effluent run off and urine.
• Direct all rainfall onto roofs away from waste.
• Provide facilities for the optional composting of waste
within the storage areas.
• Provide sufficient storage period for over winter
storage this should be a minimum of 1 month.

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11. The Subject of Communes’ Application:
Grants on a cost-sharing basis for the following package of investments:
• Construction of village-level solid waste manure facilities and
small storage bunkers with effluent collection facilities at the
household level, as well as supply of equipment for manure
handling and spreading.
• Tree planting on the commune degraded land.
• Planting of shelterbelts/windbreaks, hedge rows, narrow
vegetative barriers, filter strips and riparian buffers.
• Wellhead protection, demonstration program.
• Improvement of Communes’ pastures as well as the management
of communal grazing land.
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12. Comunas’ Committment
a) Availability of land meeting the following requirements:
• The land is rightfully owned by the Comuna authority.
• The land is suitable for the proposed construction
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objective.
• The land is non-arable land.

13. b) Availability of equipment for manure handling and
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spreading:
• Tractor
• Trailer
• Spreader
• Tanker
c) The commune is ready to provide collection service for
the households without transport facilities.
d) The commune is committing to obey applicable
environmental legislation on manure operation.
e) The commune endorses the manure storage design
proposed by the PPU and approved by the Calarasi
County Council.

14. f) The commune obtained the permits and authorizations
for construction as follows:
• Land planning certificate (issued by the County Council).
• OCAOTA permit.
• Permit from the Centre for Preventive Medicine.
• ICLPUAT authorization.
• Water Management Company permit.
• Environmental Impact Assessment Study.
• Environmental authorization.
• Construction Permit.
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15. g) The commune would provide the funds required and will
be responsible for the O&M of the manure storage,
complying with applicable environmental legislation.
h) The commune agrees to be the guarantee for the
householders selected to receive support for the
construction of the household bunkers and well head
protection, that they will properly use the materials given
by the Project for the agreed construction purposes.
i) The commune is committed to participate in the tree
planting program, providing the land and the labor for
planting and maintaining the trees, according with the
Project provisions.
j) The commune is committed to work with the Project to
increase the use of environment-friendly agricultural
practices among the farmers, facilitating the training
activities and workshops organized by the Project for
farmers.
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