Farmers reduce soil erosion and water pollution
the farmer in love – il contadino innamorato (Photo credit: Uberto)
Farmers have collaborated with scientists in France to evaluate agri-environmental measures that reduce soil erosion and surface water pollution at a catchment level.
The exercise helped the farmers understand the benefits of the measures and provides an example of how policymakers could engage with stakeholders under the Water Framework Directive (WFD).
- The farmers helped develop realistic scenarios of runoff for the model by drawing on their own experiences and observations in their fields.
- They then evaluated different measures to reduce runoff.
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/capexplained/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/water-framework/index_en.html
www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/data/2007/09/PROD2007b5b66bf1_20070907112152331.pdf
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