Research and analysis
Agriculture and rural land management: challenges for the water environment
Impacts of farming on the environment and mechanisms for improvement, plus future challenges and approaches.
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This report describes:
- the range of pressures caused by farming and their impacts on the water environment
- improvement mechanisms
- measures to control the sources and impacts
- future challenges and proposed approaches
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Published 22 October 2021
Last updated 7 April 2022
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Added an attachment: 'Water quality: what 3 future environmental land management schemes can achieve by 2027'. Updated the 'challenges' document to link to this.
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First published.