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Agriculture

Under the rural development policy of the EU (Pillar 2 of the Common Agircultural Policy, CAP), are 2 development priorities defined that are of direct relevance for water quantity and flood risk management (EU 2013b):

• restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems - improving water management, including fertiliser and pesticide management (priority 4b); and

• resource efficiency and shift towards a low carbon and climate resilient economy - increasing efficiency in water use by agriculture (priority 5a).

Under these priorities measures affecting the occurrence, timing or extend of flooding can be included and this both in the floodplain as well as in the wider catchment.