FORURENS - Strategies for implementation of sound cereal production methods with low loss of pesticides and phosphorus (STRAPP)
Slutt: des 2015
Start: jan 2013
Prosjektmedarbeidere
Kirsten Tørresen Ole Martin Eklo Anne Falk Øgaard Karen Refsgaard Gudbrand Lien Valborg Kvakkestad Ola Flaten Eivind Solbakken Roar Lågbu Marit Almvik Randi Bolli Therese With Berge Andrea Ficke Alexander Melvold Engebretsen| Status | Avsluttet |
| Start- og sluttdato | 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2015 |
| Prosjektleder | Marianne Stenrød |
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Forfattere
Marianne Stenrød Kirsten Tørresen Therese With Berge Andrea Ficke Ole Martin Eklo Anne Falk Øgaard Ola Flaten Karen Refsgaard Valborg KvakkestadSammendrag
In Europe there is an on-going process on implementing regulations aimed at reducing pollution from agricultural production systems, i.e. the Water Framework Directive and the Framework Directive for Sustainable Use of Pesticides. At the same time, there is an increasing focus on food security possibly leading to continued intensification of agricultural production with increased use of external inputs, such as pesticides and fertilizers. Application of sustainable production systems can only be achieved if they balance conflicting environmental and economic effects. In Norway, cereal production is of large importance for food security and reduction of soil and phosphorus losses, as well as pesticide use and leaching/runoff in the cereal production are of special concern. Therefore, we need to determine the most sustainable and effective strategies to reduce loss of top soil, phosphorus and pesticides while maintaining cereal yields. A three-year research project, STRAPP, is addressing these concerns. A catchment area dominated by cereal production is our common research arena within STRAPP. Since 1992 a database (JOVA) with data for soil erosion, nutrient and pesticide leaching/runoff (i.e. concentrations in stream water), yield, and agricultural management practices (fertilization, use of pesticides, soil tillage and rotations) has been established for this catchment allowing us to compare a unique diversity in cropping strategies in a defined location. An important part of STRAPP focuses on developing ‘best plant protection strategies’ for cereal fields in the study area, based on field inventories (manual and sensor based) of weeds and common diseases, available forecast systems, and pesticide leaching risk maps. The results of field studies during the growing seasons of 2013 and 2014 will be presented, with a focus on possible integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for weeds and fungal diseases in cereal production. We will also present the project concept and methods for coupling optimized plant protection strategies to (i) modelling of phosphorus and pesticide leaching/runoff, as well as soil loss, and (ii) farm-economic impacts and adaptations. Further, methods for balancing the conflicting environmental and economic effects of the above practices, and the evaluation of instruments for increased adoption of desirable management practices will be outlined.