Guadalquivir (Spain) Meeting of the PRBs Agriculture Technical Assistant Guadalquivir (Spain) Meeting of the PRBs Agriculture Stresa, March 2006 Victor Cifuentes, Tatiana Ortega, José L. Serrano, Emiliano Mellado

Background Indicators analysis PoM Content Methods Progress reporting Examples Uncertainties, data gaps, recommendations, future actions… PoM Content

Background  Guadalquivir Pilot River Basin

WFD and Agriculture – Analysis of the pressures and impacts Broaden the problem’s scope Background Paper. WORKING DOCUMENT FOR DISCUSSION - VERSION 2 – 26/08/2005 Mediterranean versus continental agriculture: hot issue in the PAC reforms? Agriculture Pressure versus Low number of SWB at risk: Bias of the Impact assessment methods, chemical vs ecological status? # Water bodies versus catchment area: Spatial reference to indicators estimation? Notes to the Indicator templates and the catalogue of PoM Recommendations PRB-AG Progress reporting January 2006 Overview on the situation and progress on the Guadalquivir PRB

Indicators analysis Methods Progress reporting Examples Uncertainties, data gaps, recommendations, future actions…

Spatially Explicit GIS Indicators analysisMethods  Modelling Spatial Processes Toolboox Cumstoms Scripts Toolset Spatially Explicit GIS Spatially Implicit GIS-DB Integration

Initial Error Detection Indicators analysisMethods  Initial data management Initial Error Detection Integration of alfanumeric data with spatial data

Indicators analysisMethods  Initial data management Other Regions Green Agr. Information Province Other Crop groups Spatial Covariable Statistics & GIS Corine Land Cover 2000 Andalucía Green Agr. Information Agricultural Management Units Crop groups Other Regions Green Agr. Information Agricultural Management Units Crop groups

Spatially Explicit Data Dissagregation - Agregation Indicators analysisMethods  Initial data management Spatially Explicit Data Corine Land Cover Green Farming Original Groups Original Groups Group Dissagregation - Agregation

Indicators analysisMethods DAP LU RE LU-ECO LU % ECO FE % ECO SUP ECO COM FE ECO COD A COD R AGR ECO SUP CUL % SUPS FE %COM CHG BASIN Process Modelling: Database Regions Attributes Relationships Linked SHP COD A COD R INPUT FE % ECO GENERATED Queries Data Model

Indicators analysisMethods

Indicators analysisProgress reporting 1. Data availability (Q1): 59 2. No relevant indicators (Q2): 0 3. Data and info collected (Q3): 29 4. Progress in next 2 months (Q4): 47 5. Top indicators (Q5) : YES 6. Impact and pressures analysis (Q6): YES 7. Progress (Q7): 25% 8. Main hurdle (Q7): No formal definition, multiple interpretation No data availability on coastal waters

Indicators analysisProgress reporting 1. PRB Characterization Catchments area, Population, Land use, Land use/forestry, Soil erosion, Riparian status, Stream & rivers, WFD bodies 2. Agriculture characterization Farmed land, Green farming, High Nature Value farmland 3. Agriculture Pressure Animal/livestock, Total appl, of Total-N, Yields of crops, Pesticides, Irrigation 5. Water Quantity Precipitation, WU by sector, Ration of regulation for reservoirs 6. Water Quality Nitrate Vulnerable zones Coastal/near coastal data

Indicators analysis Examples 1. PRB Characterization Population 2004

Indicators analysis Examples 1. PRB Characterization Soil Erosion 2002

Indicators analysis Examples 1. PRB Characterization Riparian status 2002

Indicators analysis Examples 2. Agriculture Characterization Original Data: NUTS2 % Green Farming over UAA 2001

Indicators analysis Examples Spatial disaggregation through Land cover % Green Farming over UAA 2001

Indicators analysis Examples % Green Farming over UAA 2001

Indicators analysis Examples % Green Farming over UAA 2002

Indicators analysis Examples % Green Farming over UAA 2003

Indicators analysis Examples % Green Farming over UAA 2004

Indicators analysis Examples 5. Water quantity Water Uses 2002

Indicators analysis Examples 5. Water quantity Ratio of Regulation for Reservoirs 2004

Programme of measures Methods Progress reporting Example Uncertainties, data gaps, recommendations, future actions…

Programme of MeasuresMethods 1. Identification of measures: Instrument and technical potential measures 2. Analytical methods: Instrumental Technical R CE 1257/99 Environmental Agricultural Guides Catalogue Classification General objective (RCE 1257/99) Thematic or target areas, specific objectives, execution Instrumental (Incompatibility and synergies matrices); Technical measures Related measures Technical (synergies matrices) and instrumental measures Environmental benefits: Effect on the water status and production benefits Impact / Cost Availability funds/Actual subsidies Application cost: Relative and global execution costs of the possible actions and loss of production Implementation Control Monitoring Relevant indicators Monitoring of water status. Costs/benefits ratio.

Programme of MeasuresProgress reporting 1. Identification of measures (Q9): 109 (Spanish Rural Development Plan) Implemented: 38 (Regional Rural Development Plan) Planned to be implemented: - Under discussion: 29 2. Information on measures (Q10): Impact knowledge: Intermediate Assessment Report of The Spanish Rural Development Program (2003-2006): Agro-environmental payments Socioeconomic vs environmental assessment Local data and short temporal series 3. Progress (Q11): 10%

The Agri-environment Programme 2000/2006 1. Extensification of production 2. Breed and strain preservation 3. Rationalization in chemical products use 4. Fight against erosion 5. Protection of flora and fauna in wetlands 6. Production systems of high environmental value 7. Savings in water uses and encouragement of extensification 8. Protection of landscape and fire prevention 9. Integrated farm management

Organic farming (2003) Type: Instrument-Basic (R CE (1257/1999) Pressure targeted: Fertilizer, pesticides Management practice: source controls Area involved: 48.631 Ha Temporal coverage: 2000-2006 Estimated cost: 182 €/ha Total cost: 8.871 103 € Status: Implemented-2000-voluntary-subsidy based (FEOGA) Impact: Estimation in process Relevant indicators: Characterization: Area under Agri-env support (2.24) Pressure: Total appl. of Total-N with manure (3.26) Impact: Source apportionment % from agriculture N (4.34) ? Water quality: Annual trends in concentration of total N (6.47) Additional data: http://www.caae.es Some Additional Question on PoM: ?

Programme of Measures 1. Mean uncertainties and data gaps: Instrument-technical relationships Socioeconomic vs environmental assessment Local data and short temporal series 2. Recommendations: Creation of a common working list of measures in order to achieve a compressive assessment 3. Future actions: Assessment of erosion control (Olive) and integrated farming (Rice) in the Guadalquivir Basin Adaptation of the experiences of water management in other basins (Guadiana, Ebro) Extrapolation of pilot exercises at small scales (land plots) regarding fertilizer and pesticide management as well as vegetation conservation Spatial modeling and simulation

Thank you very much for your attention ! Technical Assistant Any questions? comments? suggestions? Thank you very much for your attention ! Victor Cifuentes, Tatiana Ortega, José L. Serrano, Emiliano Mellado