Guidelines to compare best management practices at watershed scale: concepts, methods, demonstration, implementation

[Departement_IRSTEA]GT [Departement_IRSTEA]MA [TR1_IRSTEA]RURAMEN / CERES [TR2_IRSTEA]RURAMEN / AMANDEThe aim of the AgrBMPWater project is to describe a method allowing stakeholders select, at a local scale and for a specific environmental concern, the most cost-effective Best Management Practices (BMPs) through their comparison in terms of hydrological effectiveness, costs for the farmers and society, and acceptability. These guidelines are a summary of the analytical methods, empirical techniques, data sources and results that can assist in performing integrated analyses of environmental, agricultural, economical and social aspects of agri-environmental policy implementation and management