News » Second Meeting of the Group on Sustainable Agricultural Practices

14.06.2015

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The focus of the meeting was on reduction of nutrients input to the Baltic Sea from agriculture through development of sustainable practices of nutrients management and balanced fertilization. This overarching theme is considered in two practical aspects:

  • development of national guidelines or standards for nutrient content in manure;
  • promotion of nutrient accounting at farm level.

The meeting discussed existing national systems of nutrient standards in the region and suggests to continue this work at the expert level with the aim to compare existing standards in the countries and analyse the similarities and differences in the methodologies used. The meeting also agreed to arrange an expert workshop in November 2015 to consider the issue in more detail and welcomed the offer by Finland to host the workshop.

The actions from the HELCOM BSAP follow-up system relevant to the group were discussed and the list of the actions to be followed up was suggested.

The Meeting took note of the introductory presentation by Mr. Gunnar Norén, Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB) highlighting the need for promotion of nutrients recycling in the region in particular in agricultural sector to reduce nutrient input to the environment as well as financial losses of farmers.

Full version of the "Outcome of the Second Meeting of the Group on Sustainable Agricultural Practices (AGRI 2-2015)" can be found here.

 

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