A multi-actor, participatory approach to identify policy and technical barriers to better farming practices that protect our drinking water sources

Autor: Christopher Fennell, Anker Lajer Højber, Tom Vereijken, Ellen Pauwelyn, Ettore Capri, Edward Burgess, Anna Kuczyńska, Alexandru Vasile Marchis, Lieve Borremans, Erling B. Andersen, Els Belmans, Alexandra Puscas, Per-Erik Mellander, Marzena Nowakowska, Owen Fenton, Elena Isla Gil, Ingeborg Joris, Miren López de Alda, Paul Campling, Nicoleta Suciu, Gemma Francès Tudel, Maura Calliera, Elien Dupon, Zuzanna Majewska
Přispěvatelé: European Commission, López De Alda, Miren [0000-0002-9347-2765], López De Alda, Miren
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
PPPs
plant protection products
Environmental Engineering
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Best practice
CAP
Common Agricultural Policy
Context (language use)
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Article
12. Responsible consumption
Settore AGR/13 - CHIMICA AGRARIA
Mitigation measures
11. Sustainability
Environmental Chemistry
Biology
Waste Management and Disposal
Environmental planning
Plant protection products
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
2. Zero hunger
Nitrates
business.industry
MMs
mitigation measure
Best Management Practices
Legislature
Quarter (United States coin)
Pollution
6. Clean water
BMPs
Best Management Practices
RBMPs
River Basin Management Plans
Chemistry
WFD
Water Framework Directive
13. Climate action
Agriculture
Premise
PoMs
Programme of Measures
Water quality
business
Common Agricultural Policy
Water contamination
SUD
Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive
Zdroj: Campling, P, Joris, I, Calliera, M, Capri, E, Marchis, A, Kuczyńska, A, Vereijken, T, Majewska, Z, Belmans, E, Borremans, L, Dupon, E, Pauwelyn, E, Mellander, P E, Fennell, C, Fenton, O, Burgess, E, Puscas, A, Gil, E I, de Alda, M L, Tudel, G F, Andersen, E, Højber, A L, Nowakowska, M & Suciu, N 2021, ' A multi-actor, participatory approach to identify policy and technical barriers to better farming practices that protect our drinking water sources ', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 755, 142971 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142971
The Science of the Total Environment
Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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The science of the total environment
ISSN: 0048-9697
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142971
Popis: Despite an improvement of water quality across Europe there are many pollution hotspots for both nitrates and PPPs, mainly due to agricultural activities. The BMPs and MMs to reduce pollution from agriculture are well known, and there are policy instruments in place to ensure drinking water standards, but the current approach has not been efficient enough. Within the H2020 Water Protect project the premise was that there is a need for a multi-actor, participatory approach to tackle the issue from a new angle, and to assess why the uptake of known BMPs and MMs was not better among farmers. Seven “Action Labs” were selected that represent major physical, socio-economical, cultural and farming settings across Europe. A methodology of multi-actor engagement was chosen but with different approaches due to the local context. Initially the level of farmers' awareness about water quality issues was matched to the observed uptake rates of BMPs and MMs. In a second survey barriers hindering the uptake of measures were identified. The first survey revealed a low general awareness on the potential pollution to drinking water sources. Despite this, between 24% to 88% of the surveyed farmers per Action Lab were already voluntarily adopting one quarter of the selected BMPs and MMs. The second survey demonstrated the need to address organisational, legislative, sociological and technical barriers. The lack of coordination between different institutional bodies promoting measures and the financial incentives needed to invest and operate these often-costly measures need to be considered. The multi-actor, participatory approach with its improved awareness and collaboration made it possible to identify the crucial factors for improvement - to build a social acceptance among all actors and communicate the issues and solutions from the start.
This research is part of the WaterProtect project and has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under grant agreement No. 727450. The authors and the entire WaterProtect team would like to thank all the actors across the seven Action Labs for their commitment and enthusiasm for engaging with the WaterProtect project.
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