Institut für Strategien und Folgenabschätzung
The project will develop concrete recommendations for crop-specific rules on plant protection compulsory for farmers that are specific for major arable and permanent crops as well as grassland, differentiated for agro-climatic conditions fully in line with IPM principles, and coherent with the reduction targets for pesticide risk and use under the Biodiversity Strategy and Farm-to-Fork Strategy. The project Agrowise aims to define the recommendations for setting, at the level of every Member State, the rules to be adopted by farmers in the context of implementation of the SUR (Sustainable Use Regulation). The project is in direct alignment with the objective of diminishing pesticide usage. By harnessing the principles of integrated pest management (IPM) and agroecology, the project seeks to strike a balance between maintaining robust yields and minimising pesticide dependency. This endeavour will result in the formulation of actionable recommendations. In order to define rules, IPM will be translated into i) redesigned levels that are required for the implementation of practices and systems and ii) the anticipated time that is required which is a key-element when defining the advice, being either tactical or strategic. The rules will be defined at the level of crops (practices) and at the level of the farms (systems). The project will deliver concrete guidance recommendations that will be tested with the Member States to support the development of crop-specific rules.
Europäische Union
