AGWAPLAN

Opening of the conference and introduction to AGWAPLAN

Carl Åge Pedersen, Director, Danish Agricultural Advisory Service

Troels Lund Poulsen, Minister of Environment

Tommy Mostrup, Director Environment Center Århus

Irene Wiborg, Project manager for AGWAPLAN

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AGWAPLAN

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Introduction to AGWAPLAN

Irene Wiborg

Danish Agricultural Advisory Service

Project manager for AGWAPLAN

AGWAPLAN

AGWAPLAN- AGriculture and WAter PLAN

Find solutions to allow room for farming as well as for a cleaner water environment in the future.

Two key words:CooperationVoluntary implementation

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Environment

Production

AGWAPLAN

Who are part of AGWAPLAN?

The project participants are:• 22 farmers in 3 project areas• 3 farmer’s associations• The Danish Agricultural Advisory Centre,

National Centre• 4 municipalities• Environmental Centre Aarhus• The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,

Aarhus University

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AGWAPLAN

Project

Environmental objectives– maximum load of N og P.

Methods and models are developed and tested.

Integrated advising

Better dialogue between environmental authorities and farmers.

GAP-manual, testing new measures.

Guidelines for the municipalities and agricultural advising

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AGWAPLAN

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Three Pilot Areas in AGWAPLAN

Norsminde Fjord

Hinnerup – drinking water

Lake Ravn

AGWAPLAN

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The environmental goals acording to the AGWAPLAN

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Lake Ravn(preliminary objective)

1,3 t P 0,75 t P

Norsminde Fjord(preliminary objective)

Reduction: 50%

129 t N 65 t N

Hinnerup(drinking water)

7,1 t N 4,5 t N

Reduction: 36%

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Integrated Advising

How does the cooperation between environmental authorities and farmers work?

Tools used in Integrated Advising • Manual for Integrated Advising,• Good Agricultural Practice Manual, • Data Information System

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AGWAPLAN

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NOW!

Farmer’s

STRATEGY

HRstrategy

Finansialstrategy

Commu-nicationstrategy

Environ-mental

strategy

GOALS

NOW!Authorities’

STRATEGY

ModelsFinansial

Commu-nication

Farmers

GOALS

The challenge

AGWAPLAN

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Tools

Concept for Integrated Advising on farm level and on catchment level

DIS (Data Information System)

GAP (Good Agricultural Practice-manual)

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Measures developed in cooperation between agriculture and authorities.

Approximately 80 methods for reducing N and P

GAP-catalogue

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DIS

Map Online

Field Management

PDA

Environmental AuthoritiesRetailers

Advisor

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Involve and motivate the farmers from day 1 and through the whole process

The farmer needs to understand the environmental challenge for the farm

Process where production, water, (nature, air and soil) are dealt with at the same time

Co-operation creates cost effective benefits for environment

How can we achieve a good environmental

status with success for society and farmers?

AGWAPLAN

If these conditions are fulfilled, then

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This project AGWAPLAN is prepared with thecontribution of the LIFE financialinstrument of the European Community.