Tasks
1. Area definition
The activity consists in collecting cartographic material, data and documents concerning the reference territory and the project subject matter in order to: 1. Identify homogeneous sub – areas within ...
2. Monitoring of the nitrate level in the soil
This activity involves the creation of a territorial network of nitrate monitoring: investigation will be carried out on specially selected fields on the pilot farms identified in task 1 . ...
3. N use efficiency in a demonstrative dairy farm
This task concerns the optimisation of nitrogen use on a dairy farm located in a nitrate vulnerable zone. Nitrogen balances will be calculated at different levels (farm-gate, barn, fields), to verify ...
4. Simplified analytical methods for nitrate
The aims of the task are: To evaluate the reliability of simplified analytical methods for determining the nitrate content of soil and plant samples. To verify the possibility of simplifying and ...
5. Internet model application and services
The activity is aimed at developing an Internet service for the evaluation of real nitrogen requirements in crops. The service will supply an assessment of nitrogen crop needs based on field monitoring ...
6. Networking and transferability
Activities consist in an exchange of information and data on the environmental impact of agricultural practices through the creation of a European Orientation Group, with the aims of validating common ...
7. Dissemination, demonstration and advisoring
The objective of this task is to obtain: The information, communication and awareness of the agricultural sector on the relationship between agricultural practices and the environment; An exchange ...
8. Feedback, monitoring and follow up
This task aims at: the evaluation of project results, monitoring of the dissemination of generated information and assessment of the application of project results. Questionnaires, for interviewing ...
9. Management and reporting to the EC
Good co-ordination and general management of the project are essential to starting up, and organising project activities, to ensure that deadlines are respected and that activities correspond with the ...
