Good agricultural practice for the prevention against flood desasters

For successfully achieving the European Flood Risk Management Directive agriculture also needs to act according to principles of integrated integrated flood risk management. There are several options for acting concerning a highly professional practice in the field of the cultivation of land and the soil protection. Agricultural methods that use a plough, do not operate in a supportive way for the infiltration. Therefore it is important to realize procedures that are preventive and gentle for the soil. Furthermore there needs to be conservative soil cultivation and direct seeding. Locally, it is possible to increase water retention through additional procedures, such as dams.