Survey on Implementation Conditions of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Europe

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1 Survey on Implementation Conditions of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Europe Meta Informations Creation date Last update date User name UKpest2013 Case Number Invitation Ref. Status N Language en 1. User data 1.1. Please choose Member State: United Kingdom 1.2. Name of Competent Authority responsible for filling in the survey: Chemicals Regulation Directorate on behalf of Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs 2. Planning, governance and coordination 2.1. Have you designated Competent Authorities responsible for planning, governance and coordination of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)? Please specify since when. Pre Please describe briefly and/or include reference to any available documents or annexes you have already provided/are going to provide Which specific programmes on IPM have you developed? (more than 1 answer possible) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) is responsible for sustainable farming policy including IPM with regional input from Scotland/Wales/Northern Ireland administrations. The Chemicals Regulation Directorate also has a role in coordination of approaches under its management of the NAP for Defra and devolved administrations. Pesticides Forum Annual Reports at pesticides/advisory-groups/pesticidesforum/focus/pesticides-forum-annual-reports and other publications such as 'Pesticide Use - the environmental issues' ated- Resources/Documents/P/Pesticides_Forum_Pesticid e_use_env.pdf Further information on IPM practices can be found on the LEAF website at National level Crops/sector level (e.g. orchards) Other non agricultural sector (e.g. parks)

2 Please describe the sectors targeted and how many (e.g. orchards). At both National and crop/sector level through Government policy on sustainable farming, research and development programme on 'Alternatives' (including 5yr R&D project on IPM in amenity use) and UK involvement in SCAR, ENDURE & PURE. The policy covers Agriculture, Horticulture and Amenity sectors (ie covering all professional uses) 2.4. Which specific programmes on IPM do you plan to develop? (more than 1 answer possible) Please describe the sectors targeted and for when they are planned In which areas have you planned research on IPM to promote its development? (more than 1 answer possible) None Pathogens epidemiological studies Low input techniques Damage or economic thresholds setting Socio-economic studies Pest monitoring and/or decision support systems If possible, please provide a short summary of the programs. Defra/CRD have a major R&D programme that helps promote IPM. Details of the current programme can be found at: one&module=filtersearchnewlook&completed=0 (search using 'Integrated' keyword) 2.6. In which areas do you intend to plan research on IPM to promote its development? (more than 1 answer possible) Pathogens epidemiological studies Low input techniques Damage or economic thresholds setting Socio-economic studies Pest monitoring and/or decision support systems 3. Communication and certified training 3.1. Have all concerned parties been duly informed on the obligation to apply Integrated Pest Management (IPM) general principles by January 2014? If yes, please specify how. Since 2009 through stakeholder engagement (including: Pesticides Forum; Voluntary Initiative; Amenity Forum; Assured Food Standards) and Government notices and National Action Plan Have you organised visits to IPM fields/demonstration farms/workshops specifically for farmers? If yes, please specify how. Through 'Linking Food And Environment' (LEAF) See website:

3 3.3. Have you organised visits to IPM managed areas/workshops specifically for non agricultural professional users? If yes, please specify how. Through research and development on IPM in amenity use (see: and through Sports Turf Research Institute (see: Will agricultural professional users be trained on new IPM requirements by end of 2013? If yes, please specify how. Through revisions to existing and new training programmes and continued professional development schemes 3.5. Will non-agricultural professional users be trained on new IPM requirements by end of 2013? If yes, please specify how. Through revisions to existing and new training programmes and continued professional development schemes 3.6. Will distributors of Plant Protection Products (PPP) be trained on new IPM requirements by end of 2013? If yes, please specify how. Through revisions to existing and new training programmes and continued professional development schemes (Please note this is not a requirement of SUD) 4. Advisory services, pest monitoring and decision making tools 4.1. Are advisory services on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) available to agricultural professional operators? If yes, please specify how and since when Are advisory services on IPM available to non-agricultural professional operators? At least since 1994 through Agronomists/Advisors and most recently through the Government's Farming Advice Service see: If yes, please specify how. At least since 1994 through Agronomists/Advisors 4.3. Are advisory services in IPM trained and certified? If yes, please specify by whom. As required in National Action Plan, professional registration is undertaken by BASIS Ltd (see:

4 4.4. Which decision making tools are already available to advisors and/or professsional users? (more than 1 answer possible) Weather forecasting services Early warning/diagnosis systems Intervention thresholds Monitoring traps, test kits Outcome forecasting models Other IT decision support systems 4.5. Please describe the sector/territorial coverage for each of the tools selected in question 4.4 (e.g. regions). All sectors (Agriculture; Horticulture; Amenity) throughout UK Weather forecasting services - since 2001 and developed as part of the Voluntary Initiative (VI) package of measures All the other decision making tools have been available since 1994 through services provided by the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) (see: Will decision making tools be made available to advisors and/or professional users? 4.7. Who is involved in the elaboration of data for early diagnosis systems? (more than 1 answer possible) N/A IPM Advisors University, schools, research centres Farmers associations, Agricultural organisations Pesticide and/or bio-control industries Non-agricultural professionals organisations Competent authorities at national level Competent authorities at regional level Food industries/retailers 4.8. Will there be data elaborated from early diagnosis systems? If yes, please specify from whom and for when it is planned. Data has been available since at least 1994 from a number of sources (Defra/CRD, AHDB, Regional Administrations; since 2001 from the Assured Food Standards; and since 2009 from the Amenity Forum) depending on what particular system is being considered Who is involved in any update of existing models/threshold and for development of new models/thresholds (e.g. for new crop/pests combination)? (more than 1 answer possible) IPM Advisors University, schools, research centres Farmers associations, Agricultural organisations Pesticide and/or bio-control industries Non-agricultural professional organisations Competent authorities at national level Competent authorities at regional level Food industries/retailers Will models/thresholds be developed?

5 If yes, please specify as appropriate from whom, which models and when How do the advisors communicate to agricultural professional users? (more than 1 answer possible) See answer to Smart phone messages Bulletins via mail Web-sites Bulletins available in Info points Advisors visits Written individual advise Do you plan to extend the means of communication from advisors to agricultural professional users? How do the advisors communicate to non-agricultural professional users? (more than 1 answer possible) N/A Bulletins via mail Web-sites Bulletins available in Info points Advisors visits Written individual advise Do you plan to extend the means of communication from advisors to nonagricultural professional users? If yes, please specify how and when they are planned for Please provide a brief description of the structure of IPM advisory services. Smartphone messaging is being planned by industry stakeholders but no implementation date as yet. Services are provided/supported by Defra and delivered through Defra's Farming Advice Service or from Association of Independent Crop Consultants (AICC) members (independent advisors/agronomists, see: Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) members (advisors/agronomists linked to distributors, see: 9/9/Crop%20Protection/Crop%20Protection/Crop%20 Protection%20Homepage.mspx) Is the organisation of advisory services private and/or public? How are the advisory services financed? (more than 1 answer possible) Private and Public Public financial support Mixed public/private Private Are advisors available for agricultural professional users?

6 If yes, please specify how many. There is no requirement for industry to supply information on the total number of advisors. However, the Professional register (operated by BASIS Ltd) indicates that over 4,500 advisors are currently registered Are advisors available for nonagricultural professional users? If yes, please specify how many. There is no requirement for industry to supply information on the total number of advisors. However, the Professional register (operated by BASIS Ltd) indicates that over 4,500 advisors are currently registered Are advisory services connected to technical scientific infrastructures operating on IPM such as diagnosis laboratories? If yes, please specify how. Most research and development programmes have in-built Knowledge Transfer requirements involving those who provide advice/guidance to producers Are research needs transmitted from fields to academia? If yes, please specify how. Much of the research is funded by the sectoral divisions of the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) Is the feed-back granted from and to farmers on the solutions achieved? If yes, please specify how. Through sectoral divisions of AHDB Have you organised a demonstration farms network? If yes, please specify how and how many farms are involved Have you organised any other demonstration network? Through 'Linking Food And Environment' (LEAF) See website: The Crop protection industry also have some demonstration farms. No 5. Guidelines and other informative technical information 5.1. Are guidelines on general principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) available? If yes, please specify how many and/or at what level (regional, national) Are sector specific guidelines on general principles of IPM available? Since 2006 the Government has produced a Code of Practice that includes guidance on general principles of IPM for all professional users of pesticides.

7 If yes, please specify how many and/or at what level (regional, national). At least since 1994 the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) sector divisions have provided advice at regional and national level to producers based upon Government/industry R&D 5.3. Are IPM guidelines legally adopted? No 5.4. what sectors are responsible for development and updating of IPM guidelines? (more than 1 answer possible) IPM advisors University, schools, research centres Farmers associations, Agricultural organisations Pesticide and/or bio-control industries Non-agricultural professional organisations Competent authorities at national level Food industries/retailers 5.5. Will IPM guidelines be updated and/or further developed? If yes, please specify by whom and when it is planned for. Defra/CRD are currently updating the Code of Practice for all professional users of pesticides to reflect the implementation of the SUD and are also looking at using Defra's Farming Advice Service to further promote the use of IPM. Lastly, we have tasked all relevant stakeholders to continually update and develop their guidance on IPM to reflect the requirements of the SUD Are crop specific guidelines available to agricultural professional users? If yes, please provide detailed information or, in case, link to national webpages. Please also specify how many and/or at what level (regional, national). The Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) provide crop specific advice to producers at both regional and national levels based upon Government/industry R&D. Please see background to AHDB and the sectors that it covers: What sectors are involved in the distribution of guidelines to farmers and other professional users? (more than 1 answer possible) IPM advisors University, schools, research centres Farmers associations, Agricultural organisations Pesticide and/or bio-control industries Non-agricultural professional organisations Competent authorities at national level Food industries/retailers 5.8. Will guidelines to farmers and other professional users be distributed?

8 If yes, please specify by whom and when it is planned for. Defra/CRD are currently updating the Code of Practice for all professional users of pesticides to reflect the implementation of the SUD and are also looking at using Defra's Farming Advice Service to further promote the use of IPM. Lastly, we have tasked all relevant stakeholders to continually update and develop their guidance on IPM to reflect the requirements of the SUD How are IPM guidelines made available to professional users? (more than 1 answer possible) Will IPM guidelines be made available to professional users? Please specify how, by whom and when it is planned for. Handbook on IPM Internet webpages Already available through internet webpages (eg: Linking Environment And Farming - and through handbooks (eg: Forestry Commission - s&frm=1&source=web&cd=3&sqi=2&ved=0ceeqfjac &url=http%3a%2f%2fic.fsc.org%2fdownload.integrat ed-pest-management-guide-2009.a- 560.pdf&ei=TdDBUcePOOjZ4QSKkYG4BQ&usg=AFQjC NGU344j- 7bFvs8P5cl_oJMCSRRNSQ&sig2=238H3y68OHICy8Qm KCkY1w) Which incentives have been put in place to encourage agricultural professional users to implement crop or sector specific guidelines for IPM on a voluntary basis? (more than 1 answer possible) Compulsory linked to financial support IPM advisory programs/ipm support programs Awareness raising campaigns Food industry retailers demand Certified production systems Will incentives be put in place to encourage agricultural professional users to implement crop or sector specific guidelines for IPM on a voluntary basis?

9 If yes please specify the incentives and when they are planned for. Compulsory linked to financial support through the Soil Association (organic sector) since Also in wider fruit and vegetable production through operational programmes under the EU Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisation Scheme. IPM advisory programs and awareness raising campaign through Voluntary Initiative, AHDB and training/cpd schemes since Food industry retailers demand through Assured Food Standards (AFS) scheme. Certified production schemes through Soil Association (organic)/leaf/ahdb/afs Which incentives have been put in place to encourage non-agricultural professional users to implement IPM sector specific guidelines on a voluntary basis? (more than 1 answer possible) IPM advisory programs/ipm support programs Awareness raising campaigns Others If other, please specify. Through industry-led Amenity Forum and training/cpd schemes Will incentives be put in place to encourage non-agricultural professional users to implement IPM sector specific guidelines on a voluntary basis? If yes please specify the incentives and when they are planned for. All non-agricultural professional users will be encouraged to use industry-agreed contract specifications requiring awareness of IPM requirements (such as: through the Amenity Assured scheme (see: 0Standard%20booklet%20incl%20Franchises%20March % pdf); and lastly through the National Amenity Sprayer Operators Register (see: This work will be underpinned by the new Code of Practice for all professional users of pesticides which requires an understanding of IPM and where to find sectorspecific guidance Have you set indicators to measure progress in Integrated Pest Management (IPM)? 6. Measure the progress achieved Planned for

10 Please describe them briefly and when they will be implemented. CRD are working with producer groups and AFS to develop an Integrated Pest Management Plan (IPMP) to help measure uptake of principles of IPM. Once a generic plan is agreed, this will be rolled out to all sectors (agricultural and non-agricultural) Do you have other actions to measure progress? If yes, please describe them briefly. The Pesticides Forum annually produces a series of indicators that look into the impacts resulting from the sustainable use of pesticides that is intended to help all those with an interest in the use of pesticides. A copy of the most recent report can be found at: pesticides/advisory-groups/pesticidesforum/focus/pesticides-forum-annual-reports 7. Promotion of low pesticide input pest management 7.1. What are the measures put in place to promote low pesticide-input pest management? (more than 1 answer possible) Information to farmers Lower fees for registration of low risk products Simplified accelerated process of authorisation Advisory support to companies in phase of registration Tareted public research Organic farming subsidies Integrated production subsidies Direct support to farmers to by low risk PPP Financial incentives for specific IPM equipment Awareness raising on identified best practices to encourage development 7.2. Do you to plan put in place measures to promote low pesticide-input pest management? 7.3. Is priority given to non-chemical methods? If yes, please describe or, in case, make reference to NAP chapters. No The Code of Practice on the safe use of pesticides encourages consideration of non-chemical methods. NAP references includes sections on: 'Objectives, targets, measures and timetables'; Training of Users, distributors and advisors; Information and awareness raising; Measures to protect the aquatic environment; Reduction of risk in specific areas; and IPM section itself. 8. Complementary related policies

11 8.1. Are integrated Production certified schemes in place? If yes, please specify how they are managed (e.g. private/public). Privately since 2000 through: the Soil Association (organic sector); Linking Farming And Environment (LEAF); Assured Food Standards (AFS) scheme 8.2. Is crop rotation at farm level encouraged? If yes, please specify how. At least since 1994 through Government/industry/NGO guidance notes (inc. Agri-environment schemes) 8.3. Are ecological infrastructures (e.g. wild flower strips, hedges etc.) inside and outside the cultivation site encouraged? If yes, please specify how. At least since 1994 through Government/industry/NGO guidance notes (inc. Agri-environment schemes) 8.4. Are buffer zones between crop areas and sensitive off-crop areas encouraged? If yes, please specify how. At least since 1994 through Government/industry/NGO guidance notes (inc. Agri-environment schemes) 8.5. Have you identified any obstacles/diverging policies to full implementation of general principles of IPM? If yes, please specify which and, if relevant, what measures have been taken to address these. There is a need for producers to better understand the risk vs benefit ratio of alternative approaches. There is also a need for more near-market research across all sectors. Defra has produced the Foresight Report ( Food Research Partnership report ( uk-cross-government-strategy-for-foodresearch-and-innovation-progress-report-2011.pdf); and the newagri-tech Strategy ( uploads/attachment_data/file/32709/ strategy-for-agri-tech-call-for-evidence.pdf) 8.6. Have you identified any unintended effects (e.g. socio-economical level)? No

12 8.7. Do you have any other complementary policy you would like to mention? As you will see from our return, some of the information is not available to the level of detail in the questionnaire so we have provided written explanations on the questionnaire wherever we felt appropriate. For ease of reference we have limited the range of dates to: Pre-1994 as this is before this regulatory body came into being and our records started. and 1996 as this is when our stakeholder Pesticides Forum was established; other dates refer to inception of specific organisations or schemes where information was available. It may also be helpful to have some further information on some higher level policy developments which set the strategic framework into which our pesticides National Action Plan and particularly where the work on IPM fits. Given the global effort needed to improve the sustainable intensification of agriculture both at home and overseas, raising yields without using more land while adapting to climate change, reducing emissions, and maintaining biodiversity and other ecosystem services, the UK Government is developing a longterm Agri-Tech strategy focused on knowledge transfer and the application of technology to the agricultural sector, as part of a UK Industrial Strategy announced in September The proposed strategy complements a Life Sciences Strategy published in December 2011, as part of the Government s comprehensive vision for the UK s knowledge economy. In addition, the Agri-tech strategy will complement and build on the foundation of other existing UK Government initiatives in the agricultural sector such as the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Innovation Platform, the Green Food project, the UK Cross- Government Strategy for Food Research and Innovation, the Driving Export Growth in the Farming, Food and Drink Sector Action plan and the multi-partner Global Food Security programme to promote more coherence and co-ordination across public funded agri-food research and innovation. This strategic approach is key to encouraging and developing further progress in more specific agricultural areas such as IPM techniques, and we will continue to pass on relevant developments to your Unit and to other Member States through our participation in the pesticides sustainable use experts group.