SOWAP
(SOil and WAter Protection)
represents a collaborative attempt by industry, NGOs, academic
institutions and farmers to address the environmental, economic
and social concerns arising from the practice of conventional
agriculture.
Working
in the UK, Belgium, Hungary and the Czech Republic over the next 3 years, SOWAP will
test a range of site-specific soil management methods, based on
the concept of conservation tillage. It will look at the economics
of the operations as well as effects on soil erosion and pesticide
and fertiliser run-off. Birds, earthworms and aquatic invertebrates
are some of the biodiversity indicators the project will measure.
The demonstration and dissemination of information is of key importance
to the SOWAP project. Regularly updated SOWAP data will be freely
available on this website
