Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard

Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard Zone

01/12/16, Nantwich

Jozsef VassCatchment Advisor Applicant

Facts

Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard ZoneJozsef Vass Catchment Advisor Applicant 01/12/16, Nantwich

Should voluntary measures not be successful there is then an option to designate the area as a Water Protection Zone/www.stwater.co.uk/

Facts


Main challenges


Reducing pollution from diffuse rural sources will help address reasons for not achieving good in water bodies throughout the catchment...

/Dee Management Catchment Summary by NRW/

the land is mainly rural with rough grazing and forestry in the upper catchment and arable and dairy farming on the Cheshire Plain.

Well-known solutions


Good crop husbandry and a healthy crop can ensure that pesticide use is minimised. A soil with good structure, organic matter content and diverse soil biology will help ensure a well-rooted crop and good yields. It will also reduce the risk of run-off and erosion, help protect the environment, provide resilience to weather effects, such as floods and drought as well as helping to reduce inputs by ensuring nutrients and water are utilised correctly./www.cfeonline.org.uk/campaign-themes/crop-protection/

The advice in this section will help to protect soils and maintain yields while reducing the risks of causing water pollution by run-off and erosion./Code of Good Agricultural Practice, chapter 5 Field work (24 pages)/

Real Challenges


How to win farmers of the Llanggollen catchment area to take more responsibility;

to accept the Catchment Advisor as their partner in efficient and sustainable farming;

to share information and data?

Real Opportunities


Increasing efficiency

competitiveness

Giving support tomeet standards and obligations

keep up with the latest innovations

Farmers' benefits of joining our partnership

1. How sustainable farming can increase competitivness?


Pay more attention to meet the best available techniques that pays off by presenting some unique value (marque / brand building).

2. What kind of support they need?


Climate change Water excess and drought(?)

New diseases and pests

Statutory changes

The 4th industrial revolution

We must provide solutions to their current and upcoming problems about

4th industrial revolution in agricultureexamples


#1 Mapping disease progression based on a data set of hyperspectral images to detect disease before a farmer would ever spot it, and recommend early courses of action

Wahabzada M, Mahlein AK, Bauckhage C, Steiner U, Oerke EC, et al. (2015) Metro Maps of Plant Disease DynamicsAutomated Mining of Differences Using Hyperspectral Images. PLOS ONE 10(1): e0116902. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116902http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0116902

4th industrial revolution in agricultureexamples


#2 precision agriculture in your hand

... tracks light, humidity, temperature, soil nutrition, and moisture and then cross-references this information with plant databases, soil science, and the weather to give you customized gardening guidance.

https://edyn.com/


AI is being integrated into food production

John Deere ... currently has about 200,000 self-driving tractors on farms around the world, from the US to Germany.theres at least a 10 percent increase in productivity when farmers use self-driving machines /vice.com/Sounds too futuristic?

Assessing the benefits


Increasing efficiency and competitiveness

Support to meet standards and obligations, and to keep up with the latest innovations

Reference

New area of research and development

PhD thesis ideas

Decreasing cost of raw water cleaning

Support with real time information to meet standards and obligations and to avoid critical statements

Thank you!

01/12/16, Nantwich

Jozsef VassCatchment Advisor Applicant

Environment

Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard