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Farmers and advisors around the Baltic Sea co-operating for reduced losses of nutrients
Putting best agricultural practises into work
Baltic Deal- A flagship project in the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
The Baltic Sea perspective:Project justificationStatus Status eutrophicationeutrophication
Loads of P and Loads of P and N N
Not goodNot good Decreasing,Decreasing,but still toobut still too
highhigh
The Baltic Deal Vision
A greener agriculture for a bluer Baltic Sea driven by knowledge and advice
Target group messages• Farmers
– Optimizing the use of nutrients and reduce losses is a cost efficient way to enhance productivity and benefits of the farm
• Advisors– Baltic Deal provides
advisory organisations in the Baltic Sea Region with improved methods and tools on how to support farmers to reduce nutrient losses from farms.
Why focus upon knowledge and advice?• Cost-effective and flexible – farm and farmer
specific• High acceptance within the farming community• Increased preparedness among farmers– in applying for agri-environmental measures in
the Rural Development Programs – better implementation of national and EU
regulations in the agri-environmental area• But not only ”knowledge and advice”….
• Measures, investments and policy actions, too
Baltic DealPartnership network
7 partners from 7 countries- 2 farmers’
federations- 5 advisory actors
30 associated partners from 10 countries
- 11 farmers’ federations
- 8 advisory actors- 6 ministries- 5 others
Baltic Deal – in short• Gathers farmers and farmers’
advisory organisations around the Baltic Sea
• Cost efficient and competitive measures
• Reduce nutrient losses from farms• Improve the Baltic Sea
environmental status in the longer term