About the Project

About the project

The project is located in Dafeng City, the northern part of Jiangsu Province. The city of Dafeng has a thriving agricultural economy, but with the rise of new and intensified production methods, there is also a need for increased environmental management.

In December 2005, Varde Municipality in cooperation with Dafeng Environmental Protection Bureau, Shanghai Animal Husbandry, University of South Denmark, South Jutland Agro-College, Environmental Centre West and Ghent University started up a project on environmental improvement. The project has been granted financial support from the European Union via the Asia-wide programme Asia Pro Eco.

The project is an environmental project focusing on agriculture. The aim is to combine environmental concerns with agricultural production. This will be done by involving different groups to ensure the effect and the sustainability of the project even after the project finalisation. It is the aim to create a coherent concept for environmental farming.

The target groups of the project:

• Administrative staff responsible for environment and agriculture
• Farm managers from big farms
• Farmers from smaller farms
• Technical farm staff
• Teachers from agricultural college
• Students of agriculture

Aim and activities

The overall aim of the project is to improve environment by enhancing agricultural production.
The project consists of the following activities:

• Improvement of environmental regulation, inspection and law enforcement
• Capacity-building to farmers on ecology, environmental friendly farming, pollution etc.
• Capacity-building for educational institutions on ecology, nutrient management, waste handling etc.
• Pilot project on ecological handling of pig waste by implementation of pig waste treatment plant
  

For more information please contact Project Manager Christina Maria Hansen.