Criteria 2.4: Criteria 2.4: Practices are adopted to prevent and mitigate the negative impact of the use of agrochemicals
2.4.4 Integrated pest management includes practices suitable to the cultivated species and cultivation conditions that prevent the occurrence of pests and enhance the use of biological control
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Examples of IPM practices are:
creation or maintenance of ecological infrastructures, flowering strips or field margins, set aside areas and similar that function as reservoirs for pest antagonists (e.g. natural enemies)
other relevant practices as per 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
regular cleaning of machinery and equipment to prevent the spreading of harmful organisms
preference for the use of physical and other non-synthetic methods/substances (e.g. neem and other natural extracts and organic pesticides) to synthetic pesticides for pest control
use of synthetic pesticides as last option and according to the following practices:
a) preference for low-toxicity chemical pesticides and selective chemicals
b) use of pesticides sold by authorized vendors, in original and sealed packaging
c) rotation of used pesticides to reduce resistance (e.g. alternating the chemical family of a pesticide)
d) applications only if pests occur and exceed the levels defined for a certain crop and area (no calendar or preventive applications), only at the impacted areas (spot application) and never in non-farmed areas
e) applications according to threshold levels, application intervals and conditions as advised by research institutes or field experience
f) handling according to the label, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), or as recommended by an official national organisation or a competent technician. If the MSDS has no information on re-entry levels, minimum restricted entry interval is 48 hours for WHO class II products and 12 hours for other products
g) regular calibration and maintenance of equipment for application
h) creation of buffer zones to limit cross contamination
alternating or mixing different crops and different varieties within crops to disrupt pest cycles with genetic variety
Field operators follow one or more of the above listed practices and/or any other IPM practices with results relevant from the monitoring (ref 2.4.3). Practices are suitable when - given the crops, farming and habitat conditions - they result in a reduction or stabilisation at tolerable levels of pests and of the use of synthetic pesticides.
For compliance (score 2) at least those practices mentioned under the first five (5) bullet points including the sub-bullets a) through h) as required are followed.
OaS provides financial, knowledge and other types of support when field operators do not have sufficient resources to identify and implement IPM practices. The UEBT agrochemicals register can be used to keep track of the practices implemented and of pests presence. The UEBT BAP Monitoring tool can be used to report information on the progress in containing pests and reducing the use of synthetic pesticides.
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DOCUMENTATION
IPM plans and updates following yearly monitoring results can be used as evidence to assess compliance. The UEBT agrochemicals register and the UEBT BAP monitoring tool filled out can be used to assess compliance.
INTERVIEWS
Conversations with relevant informants about their IPM and implementation can be used as evidence to assess compliance.
OBSERVATION
Witnessing the implementation of IPM practices can be used as evidence to assess compliance. Scoring guidance
0 - No IPM practices are identified and implemented
1 - IPM practices are identified which are relevant considering the monitoring results (ref 2.4.3) but are not implemented
2 - Most of the identified IPM practices are implemented by most of the field operators, are suitable to contribute to reduce use of synthetic pesticide and the presence of pests, but improvements and/or other practices can be introduced to further reduce pests and use of synthetic pesticides, and/or their implementation can be further spread
3 - All the identified IPM practices are implemented by all field operators and are suitable to reduce the use of synthetic pesticides and the presence of pests
N/A - in the justification, please explain why
Score 2 to be reached by second year
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Importance
Critical stepwise
ApplicabilityCultivationOaSField operators |