Attachment J.12_ Initial Environmental Examination - Amendement I.pdf
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- USAID/Zambia's Enterprise Development and Growth Enhanced (EDGE) - Amendment I Federal contract opportunity
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- 72061120R00003
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This document includes an Initial Environmental Examination and related Federal Contract Opportunity notice. The Initial Environmental Examination outlines activities for USAID Zambia's Economic Development Portfolio including facilitating access to financing for agro-input dealers, providing training on available financing opportunities for agricultural producers and cooperatives, and depot/shed construction or rehabilitation. The related Federal Contract Opportunity is a solicitation from USAID/Zambia seeking proposals for its Enterprise Development and Growth Enhanced Activity. The purpose is to increase profitability for agricultural SMEs by addressing constraints in access to finance, business management skills and technology, and access to markets. USAID anticipates awarding a cost-plus-fixed-fee completion-type contract for a maximum five year period of performance with a total estimated cost ranging from $12-16 million. The NAICS code is 541990 and the authorized geographic code for the prime contractor is 935.
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Attachment J.12 - Initial Environmental Examination
USAID Zambia Economic Development Portfolio IEE 2015-2020
Activities to facilitate access to financing for agro-input dealers
Negative Determination subject to the following condition:
Credit enhancement must be paired with capacity-building for the agro-input sector, as well as for small-holder farmers, in fertilizer and pesticide safer use, per the conditions for 1 and 2 above, and all practicable efforts made to promote and enforce safe stocking/storage practices. These guarantees will be subject to the provisions of the Zambia EDEV PERSUAP (2013).
Provide training on available financing opportunities (DCA, government grants, etc.) for agricultural producers/small-holder farmers and cooperatives.
Categorical Exclusion per 22 CFR 216.2(c)(1)(i) and 22 CFR 216.2(c)(2) (i)
Depot/Shed construction/rehabilitation
Negative Determination subject to the following conditions:
Small Scale Construction: Any individual building that does not exceed 10,000 square feet of construction should be conducted in a manner consistent with best practices as outlined in the Small- Scale Construction Chapter found at the following link:
http://www.encapafrica.org/EGSSAA/construction.pdf.
Tree-planting activities associated with construction and/or rehabilitation also need to follow the EGGSSA guidelines in relation to small-scale renovation of buildings, reforestation work, especially the use of exotic species. It is not foreseen that any construction will exceed 10,000 square feet (1,000 square meters) that would mandate the initiation of a supplemental environmental review.
IR 2.2 Markets and Trade Expanded
Activity Recommended Determination
Activities to Determine Market Competitiveness of Key Agricultural and Alternative Forest Use Value Chains
Categorical Exclusion subject to 22 CFR 216 under 22 CFR 216.2(c)(1)(i) and 22 CFR 216.2(c)(2)(i), (iii), and (xiv).
Activities to increase competitiveness or robustness of market value chains
Negative Determination subject to the following conditions:
Good-practice design and operation standards must be promoted for agriculture, generally consistent with USAID’s Environmental Guidelines for Small-Scale Activities in Africa EGSSAA (Agriculture and Irrigation), available http://www.encapafrica.org/EGSSAA/agriculture.pdf.
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