D1.1 Stakeholder Management Plan

Diffuse pollution from agriculture is a significant pressure in European River Basins. Efficient water management in agriculture can reduce pollution and enhance resilience supporting sustainable agricultural food production and ecosystems in line with European bio-economy strategy. WATEAGRI will develop integrated water management approaches to achieve sustainable agricultural production and food security. The WATERAGRI vision is to solve agricultural water management and soil fertilisation challenges in a sustainable manner to secure affordable food production in Europe for the 21st century. The WATERAGRI concept aims to introduce a new framework for the use of small water retention approaches for managing excess and shortage of water as well as better recovery of nutrients from agricultural catchments applying a multi-actor approach. WATERAGRI is a Research and Innovation Action funded for 48 months by the European Commission. It is composed of 23 consortium members which on the one hand each pursue their own academic or commercial goals and on the other hand work together to deliver on the overarching project goals mentioned above. The project works in ten climatically and socio-economically divers cases that range from single large farms (500 ha+) to regions of many small farms (40+).