This document is the Report of the Environmental and Social Impact Statement (ESIS) study for the proposed Construction of an Agricultural Irrigation Dam on Nyamanda Stream and Farm Development at Farm No. F/11106 in the Luombwa Farm Block at Nyamanda Village near Chisebwa area in Chief Muchinda’s Chiefdom of Serenje District in Central Province by Zamgrain Agriculture Limited.
The study is meant to highlight the Environmental and Social Impacts anticipated from the proposed project and it has been produced with inputs from both Interested and Affected Parties (IAPs) consulted during field visits as well as stakeholders who participated in the public meetings held in the project area (i.e., in the Luombwa Farm Block located approximately 60 km northwest of Serenje Central Business District (CBD) in Chisebwa area and surrounding areas), and highlights the most significant environmental and social impacts anticipated from the proposed project.

It has documented what the project is all about, the activities which shall be undertaken both during the construction and operation of the dam and farm development including auxiliary and support infrastructures. The report has also provided the current setting in which the project will be implemented in order to understanding the current environmental and social economic baselines of the project area. It has further identified all possible positive and negative impacts which may arise from the project as a result of implementing the proposed project activities and has also provided ways in which some of the impacts may be avoided, and if they cannot be avoided, measures which should be undertaken and implemented by the developer to ensure that they are significantly minimised.