News » Call for EU Focus Group members - soil contamination

08.02.2019

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The European Commission is calling for experts to participate in an EIP-AGRI Focus Group on "Protecting agricultural soils from contamination". Focus Groups are coordinated bythe European Commission over 1-2 years to collate information, define research needs (input to EU R&D funding programmes) and propose themes for EU Rural Development Funding agriculture "Operational Groups". The Focus Group will address contamination of agricultural soils across Europe, including industrial and consumer chemicals andwaste disposal, and consider risks of uptake by crops and livestock, andso possible human health threats. The Focus Group aims to identifyinnovative farm management methods and best practices to prevent andremedy soil contamination. Candidature for the Focus Group is open until Monday 11th February 2019. Experts must submit CV and motivation.

EU EIP-AGRI call for experts to participate in Focus Group on "Protecting agricultural soils from contamination", open to 11th February 2019. Applicant experts can include farmers, farm advisers, socio-economic experts, and operators with practical experience: www.ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/sites/agri-eip/files/20181219_calltext_fg34-38.pdf

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Project Industrial animal farms in the Baltic Sea Region - sustainable practices to reduce nutrient loads is a part of a long-term campaign of the Coalition Clean Baltic and Green Federation "GAJA", aiming to reduce the negative impact of large-scale animal production on the environment and local communities in the Baltic Sea Region, particularly by reducing nutrient run-off into the sea. The project is part-financed by the European Union. This website reflects only the view of the Coalition Clean Baltic. The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.