Hydrological analysis for meeting climate change effects and European Water Framework Directive targets

Querner, E.P.; Mulder, H.M.

doi:10.2478/v10025-008-0005-2

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“…But farms with intensive animal production have the highest nutrient losses. The Helsinki Convention [Conven-tion… 1992], as well as the Directive 2000/60/EC and the Council Directive 91/676/EEC, all emphasize the need to reduce nutrient losses and improve nutrient management to ensure agricultural sustainability and meeting climate change [QUERNER, MULDER 2007].…”

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Sustainable agriculture: The study on farmers’ perception and practices regarding nutrient management and limiting losses

Kiełbasa

Pietrzak

Ulén

et al. 2018

Journal of Water and Land Development

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The paper presents the results of a scientific project focused on limiting nutrient losses from farms by introducing measures to apply fertilizers in a more sustainable way. It is a case study of selected aspects of farm management, focussing on the issue of sustainable agriculture and their tools. The main aim of the study was to analyse and evaluate farmers’ knowledge of the fertilizing process and its aspects, as well as applying sustainable agricultural activities on farms. The study emphasised the importance of nutrient management, as very important for sustainable farming. Also, the links between farmers’ opinions and their activities were analysed. The important issue concerned measures for sustainable farm management introduced on the farms, as well as measures to limit nutrient leaching into groundwater. Twenty-eight farmers from two regions in Poland were interviewed about their perceptions for the case study. In general, the farmers considered their farm activities to be more sustainable than in the past. They demonstrated an understanding of the general idea of sustainable agriculture. However, many farmers still demonstrated a poor grasp of nutrient flows and nutrient balances on farms. Their knowledge and perception was based on general, rather than specific knowledge gleaned from an academic/vocational course. The farmers demonstrated a realization that there were some new, or low-cost measures that could be introduced to make management more sustainable and pro-environmental, but there was still a need for wider adoption of sustainable agricultural practices.

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Sustainable agriculture: The study on farmers’ perception and practices regarding nutrient management and limiting losses

Kiełbasa

Pietrzak

Ulén

et al. 2018

Journal of Water and Land Development

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“…At the Lankheet estate, possibilities to use the biomass as source for green energy are further investigated. The pilot study also includes an assessment of the hydrological consequences of the constructed wetland (Querner and Mulder 2007) and the possible development of marsh forests (not presented in this paper).…”

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Surface water sanitation and biomass production in a large constructed wetland in the Netherlands

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Wetlands Ecol Manage

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In Western-Europe, agricultural practices have contributed to environmental problems such as eutrophication of surface and ground water, flooding, drought and desiccation of surrounding natural habitats. Solutions that reduce the impact of these problems are urgently needed. Common reed (Phragmites australis) is capable of sanitizing surface water and may function as green energy source because of its high productivity. Here, the results of an experiment in a constructed wetland in the Netherlands are presented where two different sanitation treatments were compared. Depending on the residence time and volume per unit area, reed is capable to reduce the total amount of nitrogen in the water with average efficiencies from 32 to 47% and the total amount of phosphorous with 27-45%. Although biomass production still varies largely between different parts of the constructed wetland, a rapid increase in biomass was observed since planting. Constructed wetlands with reed provide opportunities to improve water quality and reed produces enough biomass to serve as green energy source. Moreover, these wetlands also function as a flood water reservoir and are possibly advantageous for biodiversity. The optimal moment of reed harvesting depends on the goal of the owner. This moment should be chosen wisely, as it may have consequences for reed filter regeneration, biomass production, biodiversity, methane emission and water sanitation efficiency.

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Hydrological analysis for meeting climate change effects and European Water Framework Directive targets

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Sustainable agriculture: The study on farmers’ perception and practices regarding nutrient management and limiting losses

Sustainable agriculture: The study on farmers’ perception and practices regarding nutrient management and limiting losses

Surface water sanitation and biomass production in a large constructed wetland in the Netherlands

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