Water quality and agriculture : meeting the policy challenge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Secretary-General, issuing body.

Series:

OECD studies on water.

OECD studies on water, 2224-5073

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water quality.

Water quality--Government policy.

Water quality management.

Agricultural pollution.

Agricultural pollution--Government policy.

Agriculture--Environmental aspects.

Agriculture.

Water quality management--Government policy.

OECD countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, [2012]

Summary:

This report on Water Quality and Agriculture examines the linkages between agriculture and water quality. It discusses the overall trends and outlook for agriculture and water quality in OECD countries; describes recent actions by policy makers to address water quality issues in agriculture; and provides a set of recommendations for countries to meet the challenge of improving agricultural water quality.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Foreword""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Key Messages""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Chapter 1: Linking policies, farm management and water quality""; ""1.1 The challenge""; ""1.2 The Polluter-Pays-Principle""; ""1.3 The policy mix and interactions affecting water quality in agriculture""; ""1.4 Farm management practices and hydrological properties and processes""; ""1.5 Challenges in the interaction between farm management practices and water quality""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 2: Agriculture and water quality: Sources, trends, outlook and monitoring""

""2.1 Sources of water pollution from agriculture""""2.2 The contribution of agriculture as a source of water pollution""; ""2.3 Overall trends of the impacts of agriculture on water quality""; ""2.4 Medium-term outlook and implications of climate change""; ""2.5 Issues related to monitoring water quality in agriculture important for policy makers""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 3: Monetary costs and benefits of agriculture�s impact on water systems""; ""3.1 Key components in measuring the costs and benefits of agriculture on water quality""

""3.2 Information needs to provide monetary cost and benefit estimates""""3.3 A survey of OECD countries� impact estimates""; ""3.4 Further research""; ""Note""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 4: OECD policy instruments and mixes addressing water quality issues in agriculture""; ""4.1 Economic instruments""; ""4.2 Environmental regulations""; ""4.3 Information instruments and other persuasive approaches to address water pollution""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 5: OECD policy experiences in addressing water quality issues in agriculture""

""5.1 Addressing nitrate water pollution from agriculture in the European Union""""5.2 Lowering pollution of the Chesapeake Bay, United States: The role of agriculture""; ""5.3 Reducing salinity in agriculture to improve water quality: The case of Australia""; ""5.4 Implementing water quality trading for nitrogen pollution in Lake Taupo, New Zealand""; ""5.5 Improving research on diffuse source water pollution: France and the United Kingdom""; ""5.6 Reforming governance to address social concerns with water quality in New Zealand""

""5.7 Addressing transborder pollution: The Baltic Sea, eutrophication and agriculture""""5.8 Establishing co-operative agreements to address diffuse source pollution""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 6: Moving towards sustainable water quality management in agriculture""; ""6.1 Policy challenges""; ""6.2 Policy responses""; ""6.3 Policy reforms""; ""6.4 Policy governance and institutions""; ""Note""; ""Bibliography""

Notes:

OECD-code: 51 2012 04 1 P.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 27, 2014).

ISBN:

9781780406022

1780406029

OCLC:

922995446