The long-fellow land territory of the Akmola province is 1,052 million in hectares, which is 21% of the plough lands. The most part of them is salted grounds. The yield of the salted lands is 2-3 centners per hectar of a poor quality hay. As a result of the land degradation and pastures insufficient use, valuable feed crops are lost, only the low-grade and deleterious grammas have left.

Scientific research and industrial experience proves that productivity of the salted lands can be 3-4 times increased due to melioration process implementation. The most fundamental method that could be used is phosphogipsum application.

The project aims at restoration of the salted grounds by means of phosphogipsum application. The ecologo-toxicological expertise and regulation of dozes is lead. On the grounds restored cultivation of long-term fodder grasses is planned for hay. Realization of the project will demonstrate evidently to local farmers the ways of rational land tenure.

This planning grant enhances the degree and the quality of community and stakeholder participation in the project design and development, provides the grantee with access to relevant scientific and technical expertise to ensure that the project has a sound scientific and technical foundation, provides access to technical assistance in sound project design and developent.