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Download PDF There has been plenty of lip service paid to integrated pest management over the years. CPM looks at what it means and how it’s being put in to practice by farmers in the UK. Sometimes the best thing you can do environmentally is use a plant protection product. By Adam Clarke Integrated pest management (IPM) is integral to sustainable crop production and demonstrating its uptake through data collection is set to become essential as new legislation is introduced. Through the European Union’s 2009 Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive (SUD) and each member state’s National Action Plans (NAP), the obligation for farmers to practice IPM has long been enshrined in law. After the UK left the EU, the SUD was cut and pasted into the UK statute book and the Government has now drafted and consulted on a new NAP that pushes IPM further up the farming agenda than ever before. But what exactly is IPM and what will the new legislation mean for farmers? Someone well placed to define the system is Voluntary Initiative chairman Phil Jarvis, who until recently managed the Allerton Project in Leicestershire. The ongoing landscape-scale project has researched the impact of farming practices on…
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Download PDF There has been plenty of lip service paid to integrated pest management over the years. CPM looks at what it means and how it’s being put in to practice by farmers in the UK. Sometimes the best thing you can do environmentally is use a plant protection product. By Adam Clarke Integrated pest management (IPM) is integral to sustainable crop production and demonstrating its uptake through data collection is set to become essential as new legislation is introduced. Through the European Union’s 2009 Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive (SUD) and each member state’s National Action Plans (NAP), the obligation for farmers to practice IPM has long been enshrined in law. After the UK left the EU, the SUD was cut and pasted into the UK statute book and the Government has now drafted and consulted on a new NAP that pushes IPM further up the farming agenda than ever before. But what exactly is IPM and what will the new legislation mean for farmers? Someone well placed to define the system is Voluntary Initiative chairman Phil Jarvis, who until recently managed the Allerton Project in Leicestershire. The ongoing landscape-scale project has researched the impact of farming practices on…
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