Good Agricultural Practices & MRL programme
Laser land levelling; raised-bed sowing; precision pneumatic seed drill (seed rate cut from 3 kg to 700 g per acre); calcium programme for root strength; scientifically timed fertiliser and crop-protection applications per a standardised package of practices in place since 2014, designed to meet Maximum Residue Level requirements; SOPs for land preparation, sowing, weeding, irrigation and harvest, with farmer training.
90 %mechanised cultivation cycle
Package of practices since 2014
- Laser land levelling
- Raised-bed sowing
- Precision pneumatic seed drill (seed rate cut from 3 kg to 700 g per acre)
- Calcium programme for root strength
- Scientifically timed fertiliser and crop-protection applications per a standardised package of practices in place since 2014, designed to meet Maximum Residue Level requirements
- SOPs for land preparation, sowing, weeding, irrigation and harvest, with farmer training
MEDIA-FARM-02Precision pneumatic seed drill in operation on raised beds; second frame close on the seed metering unit
MEDIA-FARM-07Laser-levelled field with raised beds at emergence, rows to the horizon
Crop protection & MRL programme
Scientifically recommended doses, timing and process for fertiliser and crop protection under the standardised package of practices since 2014, with SOPs and farmer training; an approved-input list issued to every contract farmer; pre-harvest intervals controlled plot by plot; spray records held per plot.
Approved inputs · plot-level pre-harvest intervals · spray records per plot
MRL & residue testingMEDIA-FARM-04The approved-input list and a plot spray-record ledger (paper or on a phone) held in the field