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

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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