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Environmental Auditing for the Hardy Nursery Stock Industry : Final report to Defra for project HH1945
(Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), 2002-04-30)
Although quite fragmented, comprising of a few large growers and many smaller enterprises, the hardy nursery stock industry supplies garden centre retailers with an astonishing range of plants and is worth around £217million. ...
Environmental assessment of sugar beet production
(2002-02-13)
Environmental impact assessments are often used to aid decision-making on complex planning issues and the use of such techniques within agriculture is about to come of age. Sophisticated risk assessment methods are now ...
Environmental auditing of the hardy nursery stock sector
(2002)
Although quite fragmented, comprising of a few large growers and many smaller enterprises, the hardy nursery stock industry supplies garden centre retailers with an astonishing range of plants and is worth around £217million. ...
Book Review: Public Concerns, Environmental Standards and Agricultural Trade Edited by F. Brouwer and D.E. Ervin, 2002 Published by CABI Wallingford, ISBN 0 85199 586 1
(Universities Federation of Animal Welfare, 2002)
There is great concern among the public in general, and consumers in particular, about the quality of the environment in relation to agriculture. Such concerns focus on issues such as pollution from agriculture, the quality ...
The development and use of farm level indicators in England
(2002)
In recent years the concept of ‘sustainability indicators’ has become important within agricultural policy development. Numerous indicators have been proposed by agricultural scientists and statisticians, which reflect the ...
Comparison and evaluation of eight pesticide environmental risk indicators developed in Europe and recommendations for future use
(2002)
Information is required on pesticide risk indicators used in Europe in order to optimise their use to reduce the environmental impact of pesticides. The present study was performed to compare and evaluate eight pesticide ...
Application of Sustainable Agriculture Indicators at Farm Level for England and Wales : Final Report to Defra for Research Project NT1855
(Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), 2002)