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Farming Today This Week

03/02/2018

Farming Today This Week: Water

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Charlotte Smith explores the relationship between agriculture and water management.

The programme investigates the links between agriculture and water. From flood to drought, how should farmers manage water on their land? Charlotte Smith chairs a panel discussion.

This programme looks at the complex relationship between agriculture and water. Farmers often play an integral part in the management of water as a natural resource, and from floods to droughts they are affected by it more than most businesses. Charlotte Smith chairs a panel discussion on the subject of water management, with guests Professor Jerry Knox from Cranfield University, and Herefordshire arable farmer Ally Hunter-Blair. They tackle the issue of how agriculture will cope with an increasingly "water-stressed" future, and ask whether farmers could do more to reduce their water consumption and prevent pollution. We also hear about a project in the Cotswolds which is researching ways in which farmers can help reduce flooding, and talk to a farmer in Cumbria who is concerned about plans to increase the fees charged by the Environment Agency for anyone wanting to carry out work on riverbanks.

Producer: Emma Campbell.

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