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Title: Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and Water Quality: A Tri-National Collaborative Initiative PRAIRIE WATER POLICY SYMPOSIUM September 23rd, 2005 Presented by: Tim Marta Associate Director, Agri-Environmental Policy Bureau Agriculture and


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Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and
Water Quality A Tri-National Collaborative
Initiative PRAIRIE WATER POLICY
SYMPOSIUMSeptember 23rd, 2005Presented
byTim MartaAssociate Director,
Agri-Environmental Policy BureauAgriculture and
Agri-Food Canada
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Tri-National Collaborative Initiative on
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and
Water Quality (ESAWQ) Mexico, USA and Canada
  • Background
  • Objective
  • Approach and Methodology
  • Mechanisms and Processes
  • Products
  • Dissemination of Results
  • Impacts and Benefits

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Tri-National Collaborative Initiative on
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and
Water Quality (ESAWQ) Mexico, USA and Canada
  • Background
  • Agriculture Deputies Agreement, 2002
  • Tri-National Workshop, October 2003
  • Follow-Up Work, 2004-2005
  • Final Result
  • Next Round (?)

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Tri-National Collaborative Initiative on
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and
Water Quality (ESAWQ) Mexico, USA and Canada
  • Objective
  • Establish tri-national collaboration through
  • Sharing information and experience
  • Conducting synthesis and analysis
  • Enabling learning and application
  • Support healthy and sustainable water quality
    through environmentally sustainable agriculture

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Tri-National Collaborative Initiative on
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and
Water Quality (ESAWQ) Mexico, USA and Canada
  • Approach and Methodology
  • Conduct Country Missions Assure broad
    participation, help communicate and coordinate
    national approaches
  • Develop Work Plans Activities are guided by
    jointly prepared and approved work plans
  • Establish Mechanisms and Processes Coordinate
    and facilitate Tri-National collaboration

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Tri-National Collaborative Initiative on
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and
Water Quality (ESAWQ) Mexico, USA and Canada
  • Mechanisms and Processes
  • Tri-National Working Groups
  • Work Plans
  • Communication Coordination
  • Products

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Tri-National Collaborative Initiative on
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and
Water Quality (ESAWQ) Mexico, USA and Canada
Tri-National Working Groups Policy Instruments
(Lead Country Mexico) Program Delivery (Lead
Country Canada) Research and Information (Lead
Country USA)
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Tri-National Collaborative Initiative on
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and
Water Quality (ESAWQ) Mexico, USA and Canada
  • Work Plans
  • (1) Standardized Collection of Information
  • (2) Synthesis and Analysis
  • (3) Results Dissemination

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Tri-National Collaborative Initiative on
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and
Water Quality (ESAWQ) Mexico, USA and Canada
  • Coordination and Communication
  • Country Coordinators
  • Lead Countries
  • Working Meetings

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Tri-National Collaborative Initiative on
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and
Water Quality (ESAWQ) Mexico, USA and Canada
  • (1) Products Policy Instruments Review
  • Existing regulatory approaches for the protection
    of water quality from agricultural activities
  • Existing voluntary incentive programs (financial)
  • Existing technical support programs
  • Non-governmental incentive programs
  • Role of monitoring

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Tri-National Collaborative Initiative on
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and
Water Quality (ESAWQ) Mexico, USA and Canada
  • (2) Products Program Delivery
  • Types of agriculture practiced in the three
    countries (by climate)
  • Actions to reduce fertilizer loss from croplands
  • Actions to reduce pesticide loss from croplands
  • Actions to reduce sediment runoff
  • Livestock operations

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Tri-National Collaborative Initiative on
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and
Water Quality (ESAWQ) Mexico, USA and Canada
  • (3) Products Research and Information
  • State-of-the art and new technologies that are on
  • the horizon, and are currently being researched

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Tri-National Collaborative Initiative on
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and
Water Quality (ESAWQ) Mexico, USA and Canada
  • Dissemination of Results
  • Present the final results at the 4th World Water
    Forum, March 16-22, 2006, Mexico City
  • Website, CD-ROM, event, presentations

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Tri-National Collaborative Initiative on
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and
Water Quality (ESAWQ) Mexico, USA and Canada
  • Impacts and Benefits
  • Putting BMPs into Practice
  • Sharing information and learning from
    experience
  • Potential applicability of common BMPs from
    one country to another
  • Common watershed partnerships
  • Sharing of common tools and indicators
  • Future collaboration in other areas

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Tri-National Collaborative Initiative on
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and
Water Quality (ESAWQ) Mexico, USA and Canada
  • Questions?
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