Cross Compliance and Nitrates directive in farming in Slovenia
Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2006 Cross compliance represents a series of standards to be met by farmers for acquiring direct payments. In Slovenia, the implementation of cross compliance was initiated within the framework of the first pillar of the agriculture policy in the year 2005 ...
Marta HRUSTEL-MAJCEN, Boštjan KOS
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The EU Nitrates Directive: A European Approach to Combat Water Pollution from Agriculture [PDF]
The Scientific World Journal, 2001 From 1991 onward, the European Union (EU) member states have had to comply with the Nitrates Directive. The aim of this directive is to sustainably protect ground and surface waters from pollution with nitrogen (nitrate) originating from agriculture ...
Gert J. Monteny
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Implementation of the European Union’s Nitrates Directive in Turkey [PDF]
Desalination and Water Treatment, 2013 Abstract The European Union (EU)’s Nitrates Directive (ND) (91/676/EEC) aims to reduce water pollution caused or induced by nitrates from agricultural sources and to prevent further such pollution. Turkey being a candidate country to EU requires heavy cost investments in achieving approximation with EU Environmental Acquis.
Ülkü Yetis, Serkan Girgin
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Modelling Nitrogen Excretion in Dairy Cows: An Application to Farms in the Po Valley (Italy) [PDF]
AnimalsEffective nitrogen management in dairy cow diets is essential for optimising milk production and minimising environmental nitrogen emissions. This study develops a simplified model to estimate nitrogen excretion in dairy farms, distinguishing excretion ...
Valentina Caprarulo +6 more
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Management, regulation and environmental impacts of nitrogen fertilization in northwestern Europe under the Nitrates Directive; a benchmark study [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2012 Implementation of the Nitrates Directive (NiD) and its environmental impacts were compared for member states in the northwest of the European Union (Ireland, United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Northern France and Germany).
Tommy Dalgaard +2 more
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Protection of Water Resources from Agriculture Pollution: An Integrated Methodological Approach for the Nitrates Directive 91–676-EEC Implementation [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 Carmine Massarelli +2 more
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Predicting Coastal Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen Levels by Applying Data-Driven Modelling: The Case Study of Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 A surfeit of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen (DIN), which is defined as the total amount of nitrite, nitrate, and ammonium levels in water, may cause negative effects to the marine environment.
Hadjisolomou Ekaterini +7 more
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Agricultural producers' awareness about the impact of fertilizers overuse on the environment [PDF]
Agroznanje, 2018 Overuse of fertilizers can have harmful effects on the environment. The Nitrates Directive aims to protect water quality by preventing nitrates from agricultural sources polluting ground and surface waters and by promoting the use of good farming ...
Panin Biljana +5 more
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Long-term data reflect nitrogen pollution in Estonian rivers
Hydrology Research, 2022 We analysed long-term (1992–2020) changes in fertiliser use, wastewater treatment, and river water nutrient status in Estonia (N-E Europe) in the context of changing socio-economic situations and legislation.
Tiina Nõges +4 more
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Agronomy, 2021 This study assessed how digestate and the liquid fraction (LF) of digestate would perform as candidate RENURE fertilisers (recovered nitrogen from manure) in nitrate vulnerable zones under the proposed criteria of the Joint Research Centre, namely, (i) a
Gregory Reuland +4 more
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