Landbouwpraktijk en waterkwaliteit op landbouwbedrijven aangemeld voor derogatie. Beschrijving van de meetnetopzet voor de periode 2006-2009 en de inhoud van de rapportages vanaf 2008
2007
In 2006 RIVM and LEI set up a monitoring network that measures the
consequences of the option for farmers to deviate from the European
use-standard for animal manure (derogation). The monitoring network
follows three hundred farms benefiting from individual derogations and
records the consequences for agricultural practice and water quality.
This report describes the design and set-up of the monitoring network, as
well as the content and layout of the annual reports from 2008 onwards
containing results of the monitoring network. The report indicates, for
example, what data will be available at a certain point in time, and what
methods will be used to calculate such factors as fertilisation and
yield.
The Nitrates Directive obliges Member States to limit the use of animal
manure to a maximum of 170 kg of nitrogen per hectare. A Member State
may request the European Commission to deviate from this obligation under
certain conditions. In December 2005, the European Commission granted
the Netherlands the right to derogate from the obligation from 2006 till
2009 inclusive, implying that farmers could use up to 250 kg of nitrogen
via manure of grazing livestock (particularly cows). One of the
conditions is that 70% or more of the acreage available for manure
application is grass. The Netherlands authorities are also obliged to
set up a monitoring network and to report the results of this network to
the European Commission. The 300 farms participating in the monitoring
represent a sample taken from the approximately 27,000 Netherlands farms
benefiting from individual derogations. The network is part of the
National Programme for Monitoring the Effectiveness of the Minerals
Policy (LMM).
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