CIPM1: Assess integrated pest management and produce a plan
What you must do to get paid for this action and advice on how to do it.
This is an action in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme: expanded offer for 2024. You must read the SFI scheme information to understand the scheme rules and how to apply.
Duration聽
3 years
How much you바카라 사이트檒l be paid聽聽
拢1,129 for the assessment and plan per year
Action바카라 사이트檚 aim聽
This action바카라 사이트檚 aim is that you:
- understand the benefits, costs, impacts and risks of your current approach to crop pest, weed and disease management for your land
- effectively plan how to adopt a range of integrated pest management (IPM) methods appropriate to your farm
Where you can do this action聽
You can do this action on all agricultural land located below the moorland line. The IPM assessment and plan should cover all of the relevant areas of your farm.
This is an 바카라 사이트榓greement level바카라 사이트� SFI action. This means you apply to include it in your agreement聽instead of entering specific areas of land.
You can only apply for this action:
- if at least one land parcel is linked to your Single Business Identifier (SBI), so it바카라 사이트檚 shown on your digital maps
- in one SFI agreement 바카라 사이트� once you바카라 사이트檝e included it in an agreement, you cannot apply for this action again until after its 3-year duration in that agreement ends
Eligibility of protected land
| Protected land | Eligibility |
|---|---|
| Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) | Eligible 바카라 사이트� you do not need to get SSSI consent for this action as it바카라 사이트檚 an assessment and plan |
| Historic and archaeological features | Eligible 바카라 사이트� you do not need to get a SFI HEFER for this action as it바카라 사이트檚 an assessment and plan |
Available area you can enter into this action
Not applicable as this is an agreement level SFI action.
Rotational or static action聽
Not applicable as this is an agreement level SFI action.
What to do聽
You must arrange for a member of the BASIS Professional Register who바카라 사이트檚 qualified with the relevant BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection for the crops you바카라 사이트檙e growing (a 바카라 사이트楤ASIS qualified adviser바카라 사이트�) to visit your farm to:
- assess your current approach to crop pest, weed and disease management for your land
- identify and discuss opportunities for using IPM on that land
- help you to produce a written IPM plan
You must make sure that the BASIS qualified adviser does what바카라 사이트檚 required above.
If you바카라 사이트檙e a BASIS qualified adviser, as defined above, you can complete this action yourself.
You can use an existing written IPM plan, informed by an IPM assessment, to get paid for this action if it was:
- carried out by a BASIS qualified adviser
- written within the last 12 months
When to do it聽聽
You must make sure that a BASIS qualified adviser visits your farm to:
- complete the IPM assessment and help you produce a written IPM plan within 12 months of this action바카라 사이트檚 start date
- reassess your approach to crop pest, weed and disease management and review your written IPM plan in each subsequent year of this action바카라 사이트檚 duration
How to do it聽
It바카라 사이트檚 up to you how you do this action, as long as you:
- follow this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements 바카라 사이트� these are identified by a 바카라 사이트榤ust바카라 사이트�
- do the action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve this action바카라 사이트檚 aim
You may find it helpful to read the 바카라 사이트榓dvice to help you do this action바카라 사이트�, but it바카라 사이트檚 not part of this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.
Evidence to keep聽
You must keep:
- a written record of your IPM plan, including the IPM assessment
- evidence that the adviser is a BASIS qualified adviser, such as their name and BASIS registration number
You must supply this evidence if we ask for it.
Other actions or options you can do with this action聽
You can do the following actions or options on the same area in a land parcel as this action. Some actions or options can only be done on the same area if they바카라 사이트檙e done at a different time of year to this action. For example, winter cover followed by a summer companion crop. Read 바카라 사이트榃hat to do바카라 사이트� and 바카라 사이트榃hen to do it바카라 사이트� to find out when this action must be done.
| Scheme | Action or option codes | |
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| SFI actions | All SFI actions, except CMOR1 or MOR1 | 聽 |
| CS options | All CS management options | 聽 |
| ES options | All ES revenue options | 聽 |
| SFI pilot standards | All SFI pilot standards | 聽 |
Advice to help you do this action聽
The following advice may help you to do this action, but it바카라 사이트檚 not part of this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.
Finding a 바카라 사이트楤ASIS qualified adviser바카라 사이트�
You can use the聽聽to help you find a BASIS qualified adviser.
Completing an IPM assessment
You can choose how the BASIS qualified adviser completes this action바카라 사이트檚 IPM assessment. There is no standard format.
You can find more general guidance about IPM which may help with the assessment in the following:
You may also find it helpful to read the Agricultural Industries Confederation바카라 사이트檚 (AIC) examples of opportunities for using聽IPM, which have been promoted by the Voluntary Initiative in:
Producing a written聽IPM聽plan
You can choose how to produce this action바카라 사이트檚 written IPM plan. There is no standard format. You may find it helpful to use the Voluntary Initiative바카라 사이트檚聽.
Your written IPM plan could include information such as how you could use an IPM approach to help minimise risks associated with the use of plant protection products. For example:
- using crop rotations
- using resistant crop varieties
- establishing habitat for natural crop pest predators close to cropped area, such as flower-rich grass margins
- using companion cropping
Updates to this page
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Published voluntary advice to help you do this action, but it's not part of this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.
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