The aim of this assignment is to: Develop a farm management action plan to address water quality issues for River Farm. Assignment 1: Development of a farm management action plan to address water quality issues for RiverFarm. You have been provided with a farm description, the required tasks are Taskst. Examine the description of River Farm, including the environmental issues that have been reported and local sensitivities and features of the area. In particular, those related to water quality issues (the focus of the required management plan).2. Examine the activities taking place on the farm (incl. the crop nutrition and crop protection programmes for individual crops—amongst other resources, it is suggested that you make use of R8209 and the PPDB website -http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeruippdbien/) and determine which activities could be contributing to water quality issues on the farm.3.ldentify suitable mitigation options which might contribute to this farmer's aim of reducing the risk of water pollution resulting from his activities.4. Formulate these options into a management action plan for the coming year for the farm, and explain how each action will help in reducing water pollution. Note: There is no prescribed format for this plan, but look at the presentation given at the briefing session for advice if you are in any doubt of for guidance and ideas.Word limit: 2,000 words (excluding references and tables)
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