interview pitch for the role catchment advisor at Reaseheath College, Nantwich

1. „„Challenges and Challenges and
Opportunities Opportunities
posed by
the Llangollen the Llangollen
Safeguard Zone”Safeguard Zone”
01/12/16, Nantwich
Jozsef Vass
Catchment Advisor Applicant

2. Facts
Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard ZoneChallenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard Zone
Jozsef Vass Catchment Advisor Applicant
01/12/16, Nantwich
„Should voluntary measures not be successful there is then
an option to designate the area as a Water Protection Zone”
/www.stwater.co.uk/

3. Facts
Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard ZoneChallenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard Zone
Jozsef Vass Catchment Advisor Applicant
01/12/16, Nantwich

4. Main challenges
Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard ZoneChallenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard Zone
Jozsef Vass Catchment Advisor Applicant
01/12/16, Nantwich
„Reducing pollution
from diffuse rural
sources will help
address reasons for
not achieving good in
water bodies
throughout the
catchment...”
/Dee Management Catchment Summary
by NRW/
„ the land is mainly rural with rough grazing and forestry in
the upper catchment and arable and dairy farming on the
Cheshire Plain. „

5. Well­known solutions
Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard ZoneChallenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard Zone
Jozsef Vass Catchment Advisor Applicant
01/12/16, Nantwich
„Good crop husbandry and a hhealthy crop can ensure ealthy crop can ensure
that pesticide use is minimisedthat pesticide use is minimised. A soilsoil with good
structure, organic matter content and diverse soil biology
will help ensure a well­rooted crop and good yieldswell­rooted crop and good yields.
It will also reduce the risk of run­off and reduce the risk of run­off and
erosionerosion, help protect the environment, provide resilience
to weather effects, such as floods and drought as well as
helping to reduce inputsreduce inputs by ensuring nutrients and water
are utilised correctly.”
/www.cfeonline.org.uk/campaign­themes/crop­protection/
“The advice in this section will help to protect soils protect soils
and maintain yields while reducing the risks of and maintain yields while reducing the risks of
causing water pollution by run­off and erosioncausing water pollution by run­off and erosion.”
/Code of Good Agricultural Practice, chapter 5 Field work (24 pages)/

6. Real Challenges
Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard ZoneChallenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard Zone
Jozsef Vass Catchment Advisor Applicant
01/12/16, Nantwich
HowHow to win farmers of the
Llanggollen catchment area
1)to take more
responsibility;
2)to accept the Catchment
Advisor as their partner
in efficient and
sustainable farming;
3)to share information and
data?

7. Real Opportunities
Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard ZoneChallenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard Zone
Jozsef Vass Catchment Advisor Applicant
01/12/16, Nantwich
1)1)Increasing Increasing
1)efficiency
2)competitiveness
2)2)Giving support toGiving support to
1)meet standards and obligations
2)keep up with the latest
innovations
Farmers' benefits of joining our
partnership

8. 1. How sustainable farming can increase
competitivness?
Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard ZoneChallenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard Zone
Jozsef Vass Catchment Advisor Applicant
01/12/16, Nantwich
Pay more attention to meet the best best
available techniquesavailable techniques that pays off by
presenting some unique valueunique value
(marque / brand building).

9. 2. What kind of support they need?
Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard ZoneChallenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard Zone
Jozsef Vass Catchment Advisor Applicant
01/12/16, Nantwich
1)1)Climate change Climate change
1)Water excess and drought(?)
2)New diseases and pests
2)2)Statutory changesStatutory changes
3)3)The 4The 4thth
industrial revolution industrial revolution
We must provide solutions to their current
and upcoming problems about

10. 44thth
industrial revolution in agriculture industrial revolution in agriculture
examples
Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard ZoneChallenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard Zone
Jozsef Vass Catchment Advisor Applicant
01/12/16, Nantwich
#1 Mapping disease progression based on a
data set of hyperspectral images to detect hyperspectral images to detect
disease before a farmer would ever spot it,disease before a farmer would ever spot it,
and recommend early courses of actionearly courses of action
Wahabzada M, Mahlein AK, Bauckhage C, Steiner U, Oerke EC, et al. (2015) Metro Maps of Plant Disease Dynamics—Automated
Mining of Differences Using Hyperspectral Images. PLOS ONE 10(1): e0116902. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116902
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0116902

11. 44thth
industrial revolution in agriculture industrial revolution in agriculture
examples
Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard ZoneChallenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard Zone
Jozsef Vass Catchment Advisor Applicant
01/12/16, Nantwich
#2 precision agriculture in your hand
„... tracks lightlight,
humidity, humidity,
temperature, soil temperature, soil
nutrition, and nutrition, and
moisturemoisture — and then
cross­references this
information with
plant databases, soil
science, and the
weather to give you
customized gardening
guidance.”
https://edyn.com/

12. Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard ZoneChallenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard Zone
Jozsef Vass Catchment Advisor Applicant
01/12/16, Nantwich
“AI is being integrated into food production”
„John Deere ...
currently has about
200,000 self­driving 200,000 self­driving
tractorstractors on farms
around the world,
from the US to
Germany.
…there’s at least a
10 percent increase 10 percent increase
in productivityin productivity when
farmers use self­
driving machines” /
vice.com/
Sounds too futuristic?

13. Assessing the benefits
Challenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard ZoneChallenges and Opportunities posed by the Llangollen Safeguard Zone
Jozsef Vass Catchment Advisor Applicant
01/12/16, Nantwich
1)Increasing efficiency and
competitiveness
2)Support to meet standards and
obligations, and to keep up with the
latest innovations
1)Reference
2)New area of research and development
3)PhD thesis ideas
1)Decreasing cost of raw water cleaning
2)Support with real time information to
meet standards and obligations and to
avoid critical statements

14. Thank you!Thank you!
01/12/16, Nantwich
Jozsef Vass
Catchment Advisor
Applicant