Focus on Nutrients
Focus on Nutrients is the largest single undertaking in Sweden to reduce losses of nutrients to air and water from livestock and crop production. The project also focuses on the safe use of crop protection products. Focus on Nutrients is a joint venture between The Swedish Board of Agriculture, The County Administration Boards, The Federation of Swedish Farmers and a number of companies in the farming business.
The purpose of the project is to:
- reduce losses of the greenhouse gases; nitrous oxide, methane and carbon dioxide
- reduce losses of nitrate from farmland
- reduce ammonia emissions from manure
- reduce losses of phosphorus from farmland
- avoid losses of pesticides into surface and groundwater
In order to fulfill these objectives the project focuses on increasing nutrient management efficiency by increasing awareness and knowledge. The farmer is in focus and therefore the core of the project is education and individual on- farm advisory vistis.
Here you can find brochures in English.
Project leader
MSc/Dr Stina Olofsson
Swedish Board of Agriculture
P.O Box12
230 53 Alnarp
Sweden
Tel. +46 40 41 52 31
Email: stina.olofsson@sjv.se
Archive of reports
Two reports from the international seminar regarding extension services in the countries surrounding the Baltic Sea, held in Riga, Latvia, December 6-7 2007:
Agri-environmental extension services in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland
Final Report from the expert- and policy seminar
Useful tools
Glossary on terms related to manure
Sidan uppdaterad 2011-11-16 av Josefine Kihlberg
Kontaktinformation
- Project leader
- Stina Olofsson
- Tel: +4640 41 52 31
- Communication management
- Josefin Kihlberg
- Tel: +468 787 51 54
Greppa är ett samarbete mellan Jordbruksverket, LRF, länsstyrelserna och flera andra rådgivningsorganisationer i Sverige.
