Best practice – Agriculture and water quality in Norway

Inga GreipslandBioforsk

Outline

• Agriculture in Norway• The agriculture mitigation measure catalogue

– Mitigation measures– Laws and subsidies– Useful tools

Agriculture in Norway

Agriculture and water quality

Agriculture and water quality

Monitoring

www.bioforsk.no/agri_measures

www.bioforsk.no/agri_measures

The agriculture mitigation measure catalogue

1. Which mitigation measures?Reduced tillage Buffer zones

Sedimentation ponds

Reduced P fertilization

Reduced tillage

Autumn ploughing Spring ploughing

Reduced fertilization

• Sedimentation• Infiltration• Plant uptake

Buffer zones Retention of surface waters under ideal conditions

2. Web-based cost-effect calculator

3. Economic insentives

4. Laws and regulations

Photo: Erling Fløistad

• Regional environmental programs

5. Tools for planning

• Erosion risk map• Map P-soil status• Simple models• Cost effect calculator• Fertilization

Handbook• Monitoring

Bioforsk Research

Runoff plots

ModelsMonitoringGrassed waterways