CIPM1: Assess integrated pest management and produce a plan

What the action involves

This action’s 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

What you must do

You must arrange for a member of the BASIS Professional Register who’s qualified with the relevant BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection for the crops you’re growing (a ‘BASIS qualified adviser’) 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 what’s required above.

If you’re 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

How to do this action

It’s up to you how you do this action, as long as you:

follow this action’s requirements – these are identified by a ‘must’
do the action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve this action’s aim

You may find it helpful to read the ‘advice to help you do this action’, but it’s not part of this action’s requirements.

When to do it

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 action’s start date
reassess your approach to crop pest, weed and disease management and review your written IPM plan in each subsequent year of this action’s duration

Evidence to keep

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.

The same action in other schemes

The same action appears in the other schemes under a different code. The work is broadly the same; the rate and the length of the commitment are not.

SFI 2023 — IPM1: £1,129 for the assessment and plan per year, over 3 years

Eligibility, land types and admin detail

Where you can do it

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 ‘agreement level’ SFI action. This means you apply to include it in your agreement 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 it’s shown on your digital maps
in one SFI agreement – once you’ve included it in an agreement, you cannot apply for this action again until after its 3-year duration in that agreement ends

Protected land

Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs): Eligible – you do not need to get SSSI consent for this action as it’s an assessment and plan.

Historic and archaeological features: Eligible – you do not need to get a SFI HEFER for this action as it’s an assessment and plan.

Available area

Not applicable as this is an agreement level SFI action.

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