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Integrated Plant Production is the basis for Integrated Plant Management

How the Swiss agricultural policy promotes Integrated Pest Management Fabio Cerutti Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture. Integrated Plant Production is the basis for Integrated Plant Management. Contents. Facts and figures Policies and instruments. Alpine pastures 5,800 km 2 14 %.

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Integrated Plant Production is the basis for Integrated Plant Management

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  1. How the Swiss agricultural policy promotes Integrated Pest Management Fabio CeruttiSwiss Federal Office for Agriculture

  2. Integrated Plant Production is the basis for Integrated Plant Management

  3. Contents • Facts and figures • Policies and instruments

  4. Alpine pastures 5,800 km214 % Forest12,000 km2 29 % Built-up areas2,500 km2 6 % Lakes and Rivers 2,900 km2,7 % Non productive areas 7,800 km2 19 % Agricultural land 10,300 km2 25 % Facts and figures Area

  5. Facts and figuresAgricultural Production • Degree of self-sufficiency • Vegetable products 41 % • Animal products 94 % • Total 59 %

  6. Reform of the agricultural policy • From second war until 1993 • subsidies linked with production: • fixed prices and • sales garantees Product subsidies A fundamental change • From 1993 – today • subsidies (= direct payments) are linked to compliance with ecological standards • = Ecological cross compliance Direct Payments

  7. Policies and InstrumentsOverview Quality and Interlinking of Ecological Compensation Areas  Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage  Ecological Direct Payments Total0.5 bn CHF + General Direct Payments  Total 2 bn CHF Ecological Requirements: entrydoor 

  8. Policies and InstrumentsEcological requirements () Proof of Ecological Performance (PEP) Based on the approach of “Integrated Production Principles” Rules translated into regulations: • balanced use of fertilisers • appropriate share of ecological compensation areas (7%) • crop-rotation • soil protection • selected and targeted application of plant protection products • animal welfare standards

  9. Balanced use of fertilisers Objectives: • Conservation of soil fertility • Maximum reduction of the losses of nutritive elements into the environment • Nutrient cycles as closed as possible Minimal requirements: • balanced manure, N and P inputs don’t exceed 10% of the needs

  10. Appropriate share of ecological compensation areas Objective: Conservation and enrichment of biological diversity and the rural landscape Minimum requirements:  7% of the agricultural surface of the farm must be devoted to areas of ecological compensation

  11. Ecological Compensation Areas(examples) • Extensive meadows • No fertilizer and no pesticides are allowed • Grass is mown at specific times allowing flowers to turn into seeds (plain: mid-June). • Meadows used with little intensity • Same conditions as extensive meadows, except fertilisation (= 30 kg N / ha allowed)

  12. Trend in Ecological Compensations Areas About 12% of agricultural area

  13. Crop-rotation Objectives Conservation of soil fertility and improvement of plant health Minimum requirements Farms> 3 ha : • % of surface per crop is limited •  4 crops

  14. Soil protection • Conservation of soil structure and fertility. • Reduction of erosion, of losses of nutrients and of plant protection products • .

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