Farming: Land management
The land management section provides a series of guidance pages on the following topics:
- Fertilisers and manure
- Heather
- Hill farming
- Nutrient management
- Overgrazing
- Pesticides
- Setaside
- SSSI
- Weed control
See also :
Landscape features
Covers drystone walls, hedgerows, woodlands and trees.
Land use and planning pages cover planning permission, permitted developments, planning policy and Environmental Impact Assessments. It also provides links to evaluation and reclamation of mineral sites.
Soil
Soil is a fundamental and irreplaceable natural resource. See the soil section for further details, including information on the soils elements of cross compliance and environmental stewardship.
Fertilisers
Background information on the fertiliser sector including
details of the legislative responsibilities
under EC Regulations and domestic law.
Farmland conservation
The role of agriculture in conservation.
Environment Sensitive Farming
Defra launched this advice programme in early 2005 to promote management practices that protect soil and minimise pollution of air and water.
Whole Farm Approach
Defra's electronic service to develop an integrated access point to Defra
and related agencies for farmers and growers.
Codes of good agricultural practice (Cogap)
The Water, Air and Soil Codes are
designed to provide practical guidance to help farmers and growers avoid
causing pollution and to protect soil as their most valuable resource.
Page last modified: 1 July 2006
Page published: 1 July 2006