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Henning Lugsoe FOGED
hlf@lr.dk
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The Code of Good Agricultural Practice (GAP)
was prepared by the Danish-Latvian joint project
with the participation of Swedish experts. The Danish Environmental
Protection Agency, the Ministry of
Agriculture of Latvia and the Latvian Environmental Protection Fond
financed the project. The responsible
executor institutions are the Danish Agricultural
Advisory Center and Latvia University of Agriculture.
A large number of Latvian experts from research institutions, associations
of farmers, advisory
services as well as other governmental and non-governmental organizations
were involved in the
development and evaluation of GAP Code.
The Code of GAP has been elaborated to comply with the requirements of the
EU Nitrate Directive,
which Latvia has obliged itself to implement during the process of
preparation for EU membership. At the
same time the Code of GAP contains various recommendations of the Helsinki
Commission.
It is important to note that the Code of GAP also provides several
concrete recommendations for
good agricultural practices. Only codes written in shadowed text boxes are
compulsory as they refer to
the existing Latvian legislation.
Code of GAP for Latvia has been endorsed by
the Ministry of Agriculture (June 1, 1999), and the
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (June 8,
1999) of the Republic of Latvia.
Responsible executors of the joint project:
Latvia - Denmark
 | Project leaders P.Busmanis Dr.ing. H.L.
Foged
| Crops, soils, and fertilizers A.Karklins
| Animal husbandry U.Ositis
| Collection and storage of organic manure
R.Sudars
| Plant protection I.Turka
| Water resources V.Jansons
| Agricultural systems D.Lapins
| Biological diversity and landscape
J.Svarcbahs
| Project coordinator I.Dzalbe
| The specialists from the Swedish Institute
of Agricultural Engineering consulted the project. |
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The Code of GAP is not a complete document, it
will be periodically supplemented to include new
ideas and opinions, to balance the economy of agricultural production with
social and environmental
conditions, and to establish gradually a model of sustainable development.
Authors would be very
grateful for every proposal and evaluation that is sent to the following
address:
Code of GAP
Department of Environmental and Water Management
Latvia University of Agriculture
Akademijas iela 19
Jelgava, LV-3001, LATVIA
E-mail: viesturs@cs.llu.lv
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Peteris BUSMANIS peterbus@cs.llu.lv
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