2. Informal Meeting of Rural Development Directors
'E- Agriculture‘
26 – 28 July 2017, Tartu, Estonia

3. 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.

4. 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.