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Presentation of FOOT-FS

FOOT-FS (FS: Farm Scale) is mainly targeted at EXTENSION ADVISERS and FARMERS. The aims of the tool are to:

1) identify the pathways and those areas that most contribute to contamination of water resources by pesticides at the scale of the farm; and,

2) provide site-specific recommendations to limit the transfer of pesticides to water resources.


FOOT-FS is developed as a stand-alone application which allow users to evaluate if their crop protection practices may lead to a transfer of pesticides to water resources (groundwater and surface water). Predictions of pesticide concentrations in leaching and runoff/erosion rely on the pesticide fate models MACRO and PRZM while simpler, more pragmatic, approaches (e.g. drift lookup tables) are used for assessing pesticide inputs via spray drift and point sources (storage places, farmyards).


FOOT-FS will be made available from the Autumn 2009 from the FOOTPRINT web site. If you wish to be alerted when the software becomes available, please register with the FOOTPRINT announcement list.














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18/05/09: Programme of trainings to be announced over the summer
11/05/09: Creation of a new dissemination body
27/03/09: New dissemination web site
18/03/09: Final conference: PPTs available
23/02/09: Change of partners
07/01/09: 2 new papers to appear in VDZ
07/11/08: PPTs of the Annual meeting 2008 available
06/10/08: New paper accepted in STE.
31/07/08: Major upgrade of the FOOTPRINT PPDB
01/07/08: FOOT-FS piloting workshops held in 7 EU countries
09/06/08: Stakeholder seminar held in France
26/03/08: Release of FOOTPRINT SUGAR
18/01/08: New paper accepted in PMS
18/12/07: New paper on bound residues accepted in ES&T
15/12/07: New document for policy- and decision-makers
23/11/07: PPTs of the FOOTPRINT annual meeting in Italy available for download
07/09/07: FOOTPRINT special session at Piacenza conference
14/08/07: 2 new papers
24/06/07: French web site
02/04/07: Release of the first project newsletter
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26/09/06: Presentation at the AgChemForum 2006
02/07/06: FOOTPRINT reviews for download
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