The FIEFOC-II project activities will include the construction and use of irrigation infrastructures that may likely have significant environmental impacts such as loss of vegetation, soil erosion, pesticide use, wetland degradation and increase in waterborne diseases. These risks will be managed through implementation of mitigation measures well elaborated in site specific Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA).

In reference to the National legal requirement, the Third schedule of the National Environment Act. Cap 153 (1995) section 8(19) requires all agricultural development undergo an Environment Impact Assessment. Furthermore, in reference to the ESIA guidelines chapter 4; requires that if a project is likely to have adverse impacts whose mitigation measures are not readily available, a detailed impact assessment be conducted. Therefore, the objective of these EIA reports have been prepared in order to fulfil the above requirements.

The primary goal for preparing these ESIA reports is to define the projects' area of influence, the activities that shall be undertaken during the establishment and operations phase and to identify impacts arising from undertaking this project proposal. These Environmental and Social Impact Assessments have been written to provide a disclosure of the design for the projects, beneficiaries and the implementing agencies.