left on farms or to manufacturers for the 2016 crop season, 244 (88.7%) of for domestic re-use. them had no pesticide containers purposes. disposed on their farms. Some farmers are not aware of the proper methods of disposal. Reduce soil The project has so far promoted Minimize ground and disturbance through minimum tillage practices by introducing surface water reduced tillage. farmers to ripping. In the 2016 crop contamination. season farmers were exposed to the Leave a buffer of at Pesticide use near benefits of ripping through 36 demo plots, least 5m to rivers and water bodies. 5 cover crop systems, 19 model farms streams when Pesticide use on wet and 43 outgrower farms. spraying: fields with flowing Flat land: 5m Environmental Review Reports for 33 water. Gentle slope: 10m tractor grant recipients included Pesticide use Slope >30o: 15m mitigation actions for farms near rivers immediately after and streams to observe the rainfall. recommended distances during land preparation and pesticide applications. Do not spray in areas Follow Spray Drift of blooming foliage or Management when bees are Protocols actively foraging Impacts to bee Do not apply to any colonies perennial water body Impacts to surface water bodies and aquatic invertebrates Promote GAPs and Together with GAPs and IPM trainings Minimize potential IPM to reduce over through field days, the project is also for using pesticides reliance on promoting patronage of SSPs who have more than pesticides. been trained on proper knapsack necessary. calibration to minimize the potential to Farmers may apply apply wrong doses of pesticides. pesticides, especially for storage grain, without actually encountering the threat of a pest invasion leading sometimes to
left on farms or for domestic purposes. Some farmers are not aware of the proper methods of disposal. to manufacturers for re-use. the 2016 crop season, 244 (88.7%) of them had no pesticide containers disposed on their farms. Minimize ground and surface water contamination. Pesticide use near water bodies. Pesticide use on wet fields with flowing water. Pesticide use immediately after rainfall. Reduce soil disturbance through reduced tillage. Leave a buffer of at least 5m to rivers and streams when spraying: Flat land: 5m Gentle slope: 10m Slope >30o: 15m The project has so far promoted minimum tillage practices by introducing farmers to ripping. In the 2016 crop season farmers were exposed to the benefits of ripping through 36 demo plots, 5 cover crop systems, 19 model farms and 43 outgrower farms. Environmental Review Reports for 33 tractor grant recipients included mitigation actions for farms near rivers and streams to observe the recommended distances during land preparation and pesticide applications. Follow Spray Drift Management Protocols Impacts to bee colonies Impacts to surface water bodies and aquatic invertebrates Do not spray in areas of blooming foliage or when bees are actively foraging Do not apply to any perennial water body Minimize potential for using pesticides more than necessary. Farmers may apply pesticides, especially for storage grain, without actually encountering the threat of a pest invasion leading sometimes to Promote GAPs and IPM to reduce over reliance on pesticides. Together with GAPs and IPM trainings through field days, the project is also promoting patronage of SSPs who have been trained on proper knapsack calibration to minimize the potential to apply wrong doses of pesticides.
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