REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Agriculture Productivity and Market Enhancement Project (APMEP) 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT BRIEF 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             FOR  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF NJAVIA 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                IRRIGATION SCHEME IN RUFUNSA DISTRICT 
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                       Submitted to:  The Zambia Environmental Management Agency 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Corner of Suez & Church Roads, 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             P. O. Box 35131,  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             LUSAKA, Zambia. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                       Submitted by:                                                                                                                                         APMEP 
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          EPB – Proposed Irrigation Project 
          CONTACTS DETAILS 
           
          PROJECT PROPONENT: The Ministry of Agriculture  
                              Agriculture Productivity and Market Enhancement Project 
                              (APMEP) 
                              Plot No. 13 
                              Reedbuck Road 
                              Kabulonga 
                              P O Box 50197,  
                              LUSAKA, Zambia 
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          CONTACT PERSON:     The APMEP Project Coordinator-   
                              Telephone: +260-975 577 365 
                                    
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
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                                 EPB – Proposed Irrigation Project 
                                                                                                           TABLE OF CONTENTS 
                                 Description                                                                                                                                                     Page Number 
                                               ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .............................................................................. 7 
                                 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................. 8 
                                 1.            INTRODUCTION ............................................................................ 16 
                                               1.1           PROJECT PROPONENT: AGRICULTURE PRODUCTIVITY AND MARKET 
                                                             ENHANCEMENT           PROJECT (APMEP) .............................................................. 16 
                                               1.2           PROJECT INVESTMENT ................................................................................... 16 
                                               1.3           TRACK RECORD/ EXPERIENCE...................................................................... 17 
                                               1.4           SCOPE OF STUDY ............................................................................................... 17 
                                               1.5           STUDY METHODOLOGY .................................................................................. 17 
                                               1.6           OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ....................................................................... 18 
                                               1.7           SCHEDULE AND LIFE TIME OF THE PROJECT ............................................ 18 
                                 2.            LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK ................................................ 19 
                                               2.1           THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT NO 12 OF 2011 ................. 19 
                                                             2.1.1  Statutory Instrument No. 112 of 2013 of Environmental 
                                                             Management (Licensing) Regulations ........................................................ 19 
                                                             2.1.2  Statutory Instrument No 28 of 1997, environmental Impact 
                                                             Assessment   (EIA) Regulations. .................................................................. 19 
                                               2.2           EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT NO.15 OF 2015 ............................... 20 
                                               2.3           THE PETROLEUM ACT CAP 439 AND THE ENERGY REGULATION ACT 
                                                             CAP 436, 1995 ................................................................................................... 20 
                                               2.4           PUBLIC HEALTH ACT CAP 295 OF 1978 ..................................................... 21 
                                               2.5           LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1991 .................................................................. 21 
                                               2.6           URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING ACT, 2015 .................................. 21 
                                               2.7           THE FORESTS ACT NO. 4 OF 2015 ................................................................. 22 
                                               2.8           THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT NO. 10 OF 1999 .......................... 22 
                                               2.9           THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT NO. 36 OF 2010 ....... 23 
                                               2.10  BIO-SAFETY ACT ............................................................................................... 23 
                                               2.11  WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT, 2011 .......................................... 23 
                                               2.12  THE NATIONAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION COMMISSION ACT CAP 173 
                                                             OF 1989 ................................................................................................................ 24 
                                               2.13  THE CHIEFS ACT 13 OF 1994 ......................................................................... 24 
                                               2.14  AGRICULTURE LANDS ACT OF 1960 ............................................................ 25 
                                               2.15  NOXIOUS WEEDS ACT CAP 231 ..................................................................... 25 
                                               2.16  THE LAND SURVEY ACT, 1960 ....................................................................... 25 
                                               2.17  INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOLS ................................ 26 
                                                             2.17.1 The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary movements 
                                                             of Hazardous wastes and their disposal ...................................................... 26 
                                                             2.17.2 Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the ozone layer. ..... 26 
                                                             2.17.3 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and 
                                                             Natural Heritage .......................................................................................... 27 
                                               2.18  INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ..................................................................... 27 
                                 3.            PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................ 29 
                                               3.1           LOCATION ............................................................................................................... 29 
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                      3.2    NATURE OF THE PROJECT ....................................................................................... 31 
                             3.2.1  Activities and technology ................................................................... 31 
                             3.2.2  RAW MATERIALS ............................................................................. 34 
                             3.2.3  Products and by- Products ................................................................ 35 
                             3.2.4  Schedule and life time of the project ................................................. 36 
                      3.3    MAIN ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................... 36 
                             3.3.1  SITE PREPARATION PHASE ........................................................... 36 
                             3.3.2  CONSTRUCTION/INSTALLATION PHASE ..................................... 36 
                             3.3.3  OPERATION PHASE ........................................................................ 36 
                4.    PROJECT ALTERNATIVES .............................................................. 37 
                      4.1    SITE ALTERNATIVES ........................................................................................ 37 
                      4.2    IRRIGATION METHODS ALTERNATIVES .................................................... 37 
                      4.3    PIPELINE MATERIALS ALTERNATIVE ......................................................... 38 
                      4.4    WASTE WATER DISPOSAL ALTERNATIVES ............................................... 38 
                      4.5    FARMING METHODS ........................................................................................ 38 
                      4.6    ENERGY SOURCE ALTERNATIVES ............................................................................ 38 
                      4.7    DO NOTHING OPTION ...................................................................................... 39 
                5.    DESCRIPTION OF THE BASELINE ENVIRONMENT ........................ 40 
                      5.1    ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES ........................................................................................ 40 
                      A.     FAUNA .................................................................................................................... 40 
                      B. FLORA ........................................................................................................................... 41 
                      5.2    TOPOGRAPHY ......................................................................................................... 41 
                      5.3    GEOLOGY AND SOILS .............................................................................................. 41 
                      5.4    CLIMATE ................................................................................................................. 41 
                      5.5    HYDROLOGY ........................................................................................................... 42 
                      5.6    AIR QUALITY AND NOISE ........................................................................................ 42 
                      5.7    LAND USE ............................................................................................................... 42 
                      5.8    SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT .............................................................. 42 
                             5.8.1  Rufunsa District ................................................................................. 42 
                             5.8.2  Economic Activities .......................................................................... 42 
                             5.8.3  Land Tenure ....................................................................................... 42 
                             5.8.4  Archaeological and Cultural Sites .................................................... 43 
                             5.8.5  Population and Settlement ............................................................... 43 
                             5.8.6  Health Facilities................................................................................ 43 
                6.    ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS .......................................................... 45 
                      6.1    POSITIVE IMPACTS ................................................................................................. 45 
                             6.1.1  Anticipated Positive Socio-Economic Impacts .................................. 45 
                             6.1.2  Anticipated Positive Bio-Physical Environmental Impacts ............... 46 
                      6.2    NEGATIVE IMPACTS ................................................................................................ 46 
                             6.2.1  CONSTRUCTION PHASE .............................................................. 46 
                             6.2.2  OPERATION PHASE ...................................................................... 50 
                      6.3    METHODOLOGY OF IMPACT EVALUATION .............................................................. 55 
                             6.3.1  Impacts Evaluation Procedure ......................................................... 55 
                             6.3.2  Assessment and Ranking of identified Impacts ............................... 58 
                7.    ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN .......................... 64 
                      7.1    SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ......................... 66 
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