Water Pollution Monitoring Of Nitrates Leaching From Agricultural Fields With Industrial Crop Harvesting Practices. The Belgian Case Of Onsite Lysimeters As A Monitoring Tool.

The European Nitrate Directive (91/676/CEE) aims at moderating or preventing water pollution from nitrates released by agricultural practices. The Belgian Walloon region transposed it into law and initiated a Sustainable Nitrogen Management Program in 2002 (also called PGDA in French). The non-profit association NITRAWAL amongst others, is in charge of providing support to farmers to implement and respect this program. GRENeRA is one of the organizations designated for scientific studies. In this frame, GRENeRA and its partners implemented six lysimeters in agricultural open fields, operated u... Mehr ...