Staffan LundSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU

Ola Palm JTI – Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental

Engineering

Baltic Compass Strategic Objective

Reinforce connections between land-use, environment and agriculture,

leading to healthier ecosystems and a more competitive Baltic Sea Region

BC international partnershipBELARUS• Central Research Institute for Complex Use of

Water Resources• RUE Scientific-Practical Center of the National

Academy of Sciences

DENMARK• Aarhus University • Agrobusiness Park A/SESTONIA• Estonian Institute for Sustainable Development/SEI-

Tallinn• Tallinn University of Technology

FINLAND• Finnish Environment Institute• Baltic Sea Action Group• MTT – Agrifood Research FinlandGERMANY• State Agency for Agriculture, Environment and Rural

Areas of the Federal State Schleswig-Holstein

LATVIA• Union Farmers ParliamentLITHUANIA• Baltic Environmental Forum Lithuania Lithuanian

Agric. Advisory Service• Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics POLAND• Institute of Technology and Natural Sciences• Institute of Meteorology and Water Management in

WarsawSWEDEN• Swedish Uni. of Agricultural Sciences • Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental

Engineering (JTI)• Swedish Board of Agriculture • Stockholm Environment Institute • Sida Baltic Sea Unit INTERNATIONAL• Helsinki Commission (HELCOM)

Partners in Belarus

• Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources

• RUE Scientific-Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences

Baltic Compass in Belarussia

Monitoring of agricultural run-off

Investments in manure management technologies

Sustainable agricultural practices

International cooperation

Baltic Compass workpackages

1. Management and coordination2. Communication and information3. Best practices utilization and transfer4. Innovative technologies and investments5. Environmental assessments and scenarios6. Governance and policy adaptation

Innovative technologies and investments

Best practices utilization and transfer

Innovative technologies and investments

• Sector study of 3 selected technologies1. Biogas production from anaerobic digestion of

livestock manure2. Livestock manure separation technologies (whether

with or without connection to biogas production) 3. Drainage and related technologies

• Interactive tool for innovative agro-environmental technologies

Farm scale biogas plant

Centrifuge separator

Conventional plastic drain pipe

Best practices utilization and transfer

– Identify, rank and select BAT (Best Available Technology) and existing innovative solutions for sustainable agriculture

– National descriptions of how different measures technically have been implemented

Country reports WP3

Description of technical implementation of

priority measures in partner-countries

Measures - country reports

Summery of country reports

Priority measures

National participatory processHow priority measures could fit to case farms

National case farm

National case farm

National case farm

Priority measures

The WP3-list

National case farm discussing

- Advisory organization- Project partner ATLAS

Measures already

implemented – motivations why

Measures of interest to

implement – motivation why

Measures - country reports