Cost effectiveness of nitrate leaching mitigation measures for grassland livestock systems at locations in England and Wales

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1104-1115

  Cardenas, L M ^a   Cuttle, S P ^a   Crabtree, B ^b   Hopkins, A ^a   Shepherd, A ^a   Scholefield, D ^a   del Prado, A ^a,c  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CJC Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Leaching; Mitigation; Modelling; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

CROP MANAGEMENTS; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; ENGLAND; FERTILISERS; HIGH COSTS; LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS; MITIGATION; MITIGATION MEASURES; MODELLING; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE DIRECTIVE; NITRATE LEACHING; NITRATE VULNERABLE ZONES;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CROPS; FARMS; GROUNDWATER; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LEACHING; NITRATES; RATING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WOOL;

COSTS;

COST; GRASSLAND; LEACHING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MITIGATION; MODELING; NITRATE; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROP MANAGEMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; NITRATE LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP FARMING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FERTILIZERS; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRATES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WALES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78751701982     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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