Action 46
"The Executive will support the development of a
Scottish version of the low cost Environmental Management
for Agriculture CD-ROM computer software programme. This
has been developed for farmers in England and Wales to help
them meet environmental objectives by using Integrated Crop
Management and environmental management techniques."
Progress
This Action was completed when the Environmental
Management for Agriculture (EMA 2004) CD-Rom became
available for purchase from the University of Hertfordshire
in February 2004.
Some of the issues that had to be addressed for the
existing EMA to cover Scotland included
- an extension to the soil, climate
and environmental parameters database
- identifying and developing a new
system to enable spatial placement of Scottish
farms
- adapting and expanding the
advisory system to take account of Scottish legislation
and Codes of Practice as well as adapting software so
Scottish data would automatically be presented
- developing new modules which
include the interactive module for Nitrate Vulnerable
Zones
Action 46 completed.
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