Informal Meeting of Rural Development Directors 'E- Agriculture‘ 26 – 28 July 2017, Tartu, Estonia
Workshop 2- Enhancing the protection of soils through RDPs Challenges: - erosion; - loss of organic matter & quality; - loss of agricultural land due to construction of infrastructure, buildings & afforestation; - Water Framework Directive.
Workshop 2- Enhancing the protection of soils through RDPs Instruments: - Agri-environment & climate measure (no ploughing; winter crop cover; permanent grassland; trees & hedges & buffer strips); - Organic farming; - Investments (preference in selection criteria); - Non-productive investments; - Leader; - EIP Agri; - one-off payments when arable land is taken out of production.