There are 27,190 projects available.
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Poland
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2006
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29,622.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: POL/06/OP3/13 |
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Krzyzowki village is located in mountain valley. Stream with trouts, brook minnows and gudgeons flows through the middle of the valley.
In past, solar collectors have been installed in school, thanks to previous financial assistance of GEF/SFP. ( ... )
ctivity was the beginning of "Rural Center for Ecological Education" creation,
The main aims of the current project:
1. organization of training for local community about environment protection (to demonstrate possibilities of usage of renewable energy in villages);
2. installation of 20 solar collectors for residents of
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Egypt
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2006
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26,068.94
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: EGY-06-269 |
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Reducing emissions from the electricity generation process through rationalizing energy consumption and integrating energy-saving lamps into the Bani Suef governorate. The cost of these lamps will be paid back in small installments, making them ( ... )
able for the whole community. At the same time, awareness about the importance and proper use of the lamps will be spread. This will limit the burning of fossil fuels and urge the local community to adopt better methods of living, which in turn will reduce the effects of greenhouse gas emissions and instill better atmospheric conditions in the target
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Jamaica
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2006
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25,440.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: JAM/06/04 |
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The rising cost and consumption of oil in Jamaica is an expensive and an environmentally unhealthy practice. At the moment Jamaica spends nearly $US1 billion to procure oil from OPEC countries. While it is no secret that use of fossil fuels have ( ... )
inked to global warming and is the main contributor of human led global climate change, very little is being done on the ground to mitigate its effects.
Global climate change will be especially drastic for low-lying island states such as Jamaica and our neighbours. Already rising sea levels, warming sea temperatures and extreme weather conditions are wreaking havoc on our delicate ecosystems
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Zimbabwe
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Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
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2006
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30,250.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: ZIM/SGP/OP3/Y2/CORE/2006/05 |
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The project will be implemented in ward 2 , Avilla in Nyanga district. Due to climate change the area has been experiencing severe droughts. in response to droughts and the attendant economic hardships some community members in ward 2 ( ... )
sorted to gold panning along the Rwenya river and its tributaries. gold panning and the expansion of the farming area close to the river has contributed towards erosion and desertification.erosion resulting in the development of gullies is exacerbated by the impact of cattle which tend to follow the same tracks as they go to the watering points particularly during the dry season.households in the
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Ethiopia
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
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2006
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44,900.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: ETH/RNE/06/002 |
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The project focuses on providing support to the local communities, their local experts and administrators in 4 kebeles (Shelle Mela, Genta Kenchema, Genta Meyche and Genta Bonke) in Arba Minch Zuria Woreda of Gamu Zone in Southern Nations, ( ... )
alities and Peoples Regional State. The overall goal of the project is to help the local communities combat climate change and rehabilitate their environments, including improving their crop production through an organic approach. The global impact will be the conservation and sustainable use of the local biodiversity, and particularly the maintenance of the rich bird diversity of the area. The
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Uganda
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Biodiversity
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2006
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: UGA/06/64 |
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Kageye members in the recent past noted with serious concern the continuous bad trend in Wakiso District of:
? Land degradation through surface run-offs along roads and farms. The run-offs have resulted into a semi-productive land since the fertile ( ... )
s are washed away into valleys ending up to local rivers, namely Kageye Rubigi and Namatovu. These local rivers eventually converge into River Mayanja which also carries the collected silt into river Nile in Lake Kyoga.
? Biodiversity loss ? Disappearance of high canopy trees like Mvule, Cinnamonum (Budalasini), Maesopsis eminii (Musizi) and Podocapus that used to be a habitat for the now
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Ethiopia
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
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2006
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43,850.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: ETH/RNE/06/003 |
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The project addresses problems of land degradation especially indigenous plants and contributes to climate change mitigation through promotion of integrated sustainable land and natural resource management practices and efficient wood saving ( ... )
logies. The general development goal of this project is to halt land degradation and improve the vegetation coverage and to protect the biodiversity loss in the project
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Mongolia
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Land Degradation
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2006
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3,936.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: MON/06/24 |
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The project proponent intends to combat land degradation by establishing a field-protecting forest-belt. Also within the project framework a small tree plantation will be established for further expansion of Herlen soum?s green belt. |
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Namibia
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Land Degradation
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2006
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: Nam-OP3-1-06-02 |
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The goal of this project is to take in hand the evident human influenced land degradation in Maltahohe via the revitalization and rehabilitation of this village?s degraded land through soil conservation and reforestation activities. Maltahohe is a ( ... )
e situated, approximately 113 kilometers from the town of Mariental within the Gibeon constituency, in the fragile ecosystems of Southern Namibia.
The proponents of this project will create green spaces and/or community forests which apart from contributing to the aesthetic quality of the village will also have enormous socio economic and environmental benefits to the
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Mongolia
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Land Degradation
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2006
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14,636.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: MON/06/05 |
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The project will construct a community dam and establish an artificial pond in Sergelen soum of Tuv province in order to combat pastureland degradation by accumulating rainfall and now melt waters. |
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Kazakhstan
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Land Degradation
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2006
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5,474.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: KAZ/06/13 |
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Akkol settlement is located in Talas area. Over 2500 people live there, 54 farming companies work there. The settlement is located in semi-desert zone. The main problem for inhabitants of the village is lack of water for irrigation. The sowing ( ... )
s round the village are degraded, the sown area doesn?t yield harvest because of its strong salinity.
The project is aimed at raising pastures productivity through water supply of these sites.
The project tasks are: (i) improvement of irrigational system to supply the pastures with water through mobilization of population on refinement of Zhanatogan canal, (ii) Carrying out of information
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2006
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148,400.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BRA/SPR/01 |
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Studies and activities to help Cerrado small enterprises, supported by SGP, to reach appropriate certification processes and markets and to overcome marketing bottlenecks. Promotion of Caatinga-Cerrado initiative and Cerrado Marketing Center ( ... )
al do Cerrado), participation of Cerrado enterprises in fairs and marketing events, and participation on debates about fare trade, solidary economy and certification.
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Bolivia
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Biodiversity
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2006
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24,876.29
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BOL/OP3/1/05/18 |
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Con el proyecto se pretende mejorar la calidad de vida de los productores de semillas de K´auchi, utilizando los recursos naturales de la zona, de manera sostenible y racional en el cantón Chuquiña. Las familias de estas cuadro comunidades, ( ... )
ican a la cosecha de la semilla de K´auchi, las mismas que son comercilizadas con los tallos, hojas y otras impurezas, entonces al no realizar una adecuada selección se disminuye el valor de este producto.
Por otra parte es necesario realizar una repoblación de la especie dado que los k´auchales de estas comunidades son de muchos años y por lo tanto esta disminuyendo la producción
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Mozambique
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Biodiversity
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2006
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11,985.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: MOZ/SGP/OP3/Y1/CORE/2006/4 |
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The mangrove forests in Sofala provide important habitats for a variety of plant and animal species. The mangroves are currently being harvested for firewood by a great number of people who often come from the nearby Beira city. This exploitation ( ... )
to be reduced so that the livelihoods of the nearby communities can be protected. The project aims to support sustainable use and management of the mangroves, through educational programmes, while conserving the biodiversity through tree planting and forest recovery. Partnerships will be developed to enhance the capacity for the NGO to continue working on the project in the
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Nepal
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Biodiversity
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2006
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: NEP/OP3/1/06/09 |
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Alpine zones, the area between the upper tree line and permanent snowline, are distributed globally and are among the most bio-diverse habitats per unit area. They are also important, as the highland is water catchment area for lowlands. Amidst the ( ... )
zone, Khumbu region of Nepal is unique as the very majestic "Mount Everest" (8,848m)- the highest mountain in the world lies in this region. However, the alpine landscapes in Khumbu area have been degraded over the past 20-30 years as a result of contemporary, unsustainable uses that include burning, overgrazing, increasing numbers of pack stock, and the accelerated harvesting of slow-growing
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Mongolia
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International Waters
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2006
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5,981.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: MON/06/12 |
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The Boroo River ecosystem conservation is one of the Mongolian Environmental problems. This project will support local community's initiative to develop community based Boroo River ecosystem management and to establish a small willow plantation in ( ... )
to rehabilitate willows along Boroo
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Mongolia
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Biodiversity
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2006
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5,553.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: MON/06/08 |
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Restore the abandoned resort and rehabilitate the forest of Hytruun Montain in Bat-Ulziit soum of Uvurkhangai province. |
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India
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Biodiversity
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2006
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36,520.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/02/06/SKM03 |
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KCC will be implementing the project in partnership with seven local Ecotourism committees and build capacities and strengths of these community based organizations on local biodiversity conservation, promoting eco tourism, managing and marketing of ( ... )
ome stays and treks. The Village information Centre that was set up during the first project implemented by KCC will be upgraded to an Eco-tourism Resource Centre. This will serve as a source for training material, awareness generation regarding the Code of Conduct and marketing.
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Pakistan
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Chemicals
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2006
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: PAK/OP3/05/12 |
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Human Development Foundation (HDF) Pakistan came into existence in June 1999. It is a subsidiary of Human Development Foundation of North America (HDFNA) that was established and registered in 1997 at Chicago, Illinois, USA as a non-profit ( ... )
zation. A group of Pakistani Americans, mostly physicians, living in the United States, initially started work in Pakistan in 1989, in maternal and Child Healthcare, through APPNA SEHAT (Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America). The group felt that only healthcare was not enough and thus created HDFNA, which implements its programs in Mass Literacy, Enhanced Quality of Education,
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Pakistan
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Chemicals
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2006
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49,504.13
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Phase 3
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Project Number: PAK/OP3/06/27 |
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2. Justification for Support - Linkages with GEF Themes and
Operational Programmes
The project has direct relevance with GEF/SGP Operational Program on Sustainable Land Management (OP #15). The principle reasons for development of this project ( ... )
ensive land degradation due to un-sustainable farming practices, indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides & fertilizers in District Badin, which has adversely damaged the land ecosystem and biodiversity of the area.
There are various pests such as stem borers, plan hoppers, leaf rollers, defoliators, rodents and weeds that damage the paddy farms in the project area. Currently, they are being
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