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Sustainable Use of Nitrogen (SUN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

Agriculture was, and still is, the main component of the rural landscape: in Europe, agriculture, together with forests, takes up about 3/4 of the territory. In this sense, it plays a major role in the maintenance or improvement of the quality of the environment. Since the implementation of the Nitrates Directive (91/676) in 1991, the water quality has not significantly improved. In the cross-bord ...
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Let us protect our soil (PROSENSOLS)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

The project aims to raise awareness among the population of the environmental, economic and socio-cultural functions of the soil, as well as the pressure it faces. The impact on local and cross-border level is explained, as are the measures that have been adopted or could be adopted to limit soil degradation. At the same time, the partners assess the impact of various agricultural practices on com ...
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Development and implementation of codes of good agricultural practices to reduce point source and diffuse pollutions in the Peron catchments area (AGRI-PERON)

Start date: Sep 1, 2004, End date: Oct 31, 2007,

Background Use of crop-protection products presents a number of environmental challenges. Nitrate-based fertilizers and pesticides in particular pollute waters and harm biodiversity in surrounding areas. There is a need to make farmers aware of agricultural practices designed to support sustainable development – measures which will restore and preserve ...
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