Science for Environment Policy: Better water management could improve global crop prouction and Sediment pollution should be included in water quality assessments

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The sources for this service are provided on one hand by the specialised staff of the contractor, on the other hand by EC officials and are scientific results of achieved or on-going EU funded projects and findings of other research initiatives implemented at international, national and regional levels,... Recent articles include:

• Better water management could improve global crop prouction (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/175na1.pdf)
• Sediment pollution should be included in water quality assessments (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/175na6.pdf)