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Integrated cultivation: How does agrotechnology help reduce the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides?
Modern plant cultivation and food production systems aim to limit chemicals, minimize plant protection products, and grow crops with the smallest carbon footprint. We support farmers in organic crop production and soil cultivation without plowing. This approach also extends to integrated farming schemes. What is integrated farming? What plants can be sown in this system? How does the advancement of agricultural machinery and agrotechnology reduce agricultural chemicals in food production?
Integrated Cultivation: Definition and Legal Requirements
Integrated plant production (IP) is a contemporary agricultural system that leverages technological and biological advancements sustainably to ensure high-quality, healthy food. This approach combines various cultivation, plant protection, and fertilization methods, with particular emphasis on environmental protection and human health.
Main Features and Advantages of Integrated Plant Production:
Healthy Food: The IP system ensures plant food is free from excessive levels of plant protection product residues, heavy metals, nitrates, and other harmful substances, promoting a healthier diet for consumers.
IP Certificate and Mark: The high quality of IP crops is confirmed by a certificate and a registered IP mark, providing a guarantee for consumers.
Compliance with Integrated Plant Protection Principles: The IP system aligns with integrated plant protection principles, crucial for meeting regulatory requirements.
Eligibility for Eco-Scheme Payments: Farmers using the IP system may receive payments under eco-scheme regulations, offering additional financial support for the farm.
Standards and Conditionality Compliance: Applying IP principles enables adherence to standards and conditionality requirements, which is significant for financial support eligibility.
Ensuring Food Safety: Implementing IP is essential for confirming food safety in both domestic and export markets, particularly for fruits and vegetables.
Compatibility with Other Quality Systems: Using IP principles may facilitate compliance with other quality systems' requirements, vital for collaboration with large retail chains.
In Poland, regulations regarding integrated plant production are governed by the Act on Plant Protection Products. It defines the scope of competences, activities of IP certifying entities, and the method of supervision over them by relevant institutions. An example of such an authority is the State Plant Health and Seed Inspection.
One of the assumptions of IP is to introduce modern agricultural machines and treatments performed using them into the fields. This minimizes the need to use chemicals. The most modern agricultural machines of the highest quality are available at Rolmako.
Modern Agricultural Machines as a Means to Reduce Chemicals
Mechanically translates to ecologically. One of the principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is to move away from chemical use. Instead of fertilization, no-plow cultivation and leaving organic residues in the fields to decompose and enrich the soil are practiced. Instead of herbicides, mechanical weeding methods, such as the MATRIX rotary hoe or the ActiVAgro weeder, are employed. For these treatments to be effective, the use of modern agricultural machinery is essential. These machines can be purchased or rented, provided they are of modern design. Modern mechanical agricultural operations are efficient and ergonomic, leaving a minimal carbon footprint. The most advanced machines, which effectively reduce the use of agricultural chemicals, are available in Rolmako's offerings.
Integrated plant cultivation, a system that combines technical progress with a biological approach, is a modern food production method. It emphasizes environmental protection and human health. Practiced in the cultivation of crops such as rapeseed, cereals, and garlic, integrated cultivation employs various agrotechnical activities and technologies that help minimize the use of chemicals in the agricultural production process.
Subsoiling, mulching, harrowing, and forecrops as IP agrotechnical methods
One of the agrotechnical activities used in integrated cultivation is the appropriate management of forecrops and cover crops. The selection of appropriate forecrops, i.e., plants grown before the main crop, and cover crops is important to reduce the occurrence of weeds, diseases, and pests. Covering the field with plants with a large root system can help inhibit the growth of weeds and improve the soil structure.
In rapeseed or cereal cultivation, agrotechnical techniques such as subsoiling or stubble cultivation are critical for reducing the occurrence of mono- and dicotyledonous weeds. Pre-sowing treatments can mitigate the threat from monocotyledonous weeds. Subsoiling or harrowing with a weeder, conducted in accordance with IP guidelines, ensures compliance with mandatory requirements. Additionally, proper field rotation and utilizing a variety of crops within the Norfolk crop rotation are vital elements of weed control. Modern subsoilers, cultivators, and aggregates are available at Rolmako.
In the cultivation of garlic or vegetables, effective weed control also involves an appropriate combination of preventive measures. Alternating crops with different requirements reduces the prevalence of some weed species, and well-planned agrotechnical treatments, such as plant care, subsoiling, or harrowing, support crop development without resorting to excessive chemical use.
Technology in the Service of Ecology
The advancement of agricultural technologies enhances the precision and sustainability of agricultural machinery use. Modern cultivation units facilitate effective mixing of crop residues with the soil, protecting it from erosion and reducing the need for chemicals in the cultivation process. Additionally, irrigation systems, such as drip or subsurface, efficiently and economically provide water to plants while minimizing chemical fertilizer use. Rolmako, a conscientious and modern manufacturer, designs its machines with ecological, integrated, and no-plough farming in mind. These machines are durable, produced with meticulous care to minimize carbon footprint, and ergonomic.
IP Certificate and Mark: The high quality of IP crops is confirmed by a certificate and a registered IP mark, providing a guarantee for consumers.
Compliance with Integrated Plant Protection Principles: The IP system aligns with integrated plant protection principles, crucial for meeting regulatory requirements.
Eligibility for Eco-Scheme Payments: Farmers using the IP system may receive payments under eco-scheme regulations, offering additional financial support for the farm.
Standards and Conditionality Compliance: Applying IP principles enables adherence to standards and conditionality requirements, which is significant for financial support eligibility.
Ensuring Food Safety: Implementing IP is essential for confirming food safety in both domestic and export markets, particularly for fruits and vegetables.
Compatibility with Other Quality Systems: Using IP principles may facilitate compliance with other quality systems' requirements, vital for collaboration with large retail chains.
In Poland, regulations regarding integrated plant production are governed by the Act on Plant Protection Products. It defines the scope of competences, activities of IP certifying entities, and the method of supervision over them by relevant institutions. An example of such an authority is the State Plant Health and Seed Inspection.
One of the assumptions of IP is to introduce modern agricultural machines and treatments performed using them into the fields. This minimizes the need to use chemicals. The most modern agricultural machines of the highest quality are available at Rolmako.
Modern Agricultural Machines as a Means to Reduce Chemicals
Mechanically translates to ecologically. One of the principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is to move away from chemical use. Instead of fertilization, no-plow cultivation and leaving organic residues in the fields to decompose and enrich the soil are practiced. Instead of herbicides, mechanical weeding methods, such as the MATRIX rotary hoe or the ActiVAgro weeder, are employed. For these treatments to be effective, the use of modern agricultural machinery is essential. These machines can be purchased or rented, provided they are of modern design. Modern mechanical agricultural operations are efficient and ergonomic, leaving a minimal carbon footprint. The most advanced machines, which effectively reduce the use of agricultural chemicals, are available in Rolmako's offerings.
Integrated plant cultivation, a system that combines technical progress with a biological approach, is a modern food production method. It emphasizes environmental protection and human health. Practiced in the cultivation of crops such as rapeseed, cereals, and garlic, integrated cultivation employs various agrotechnical activities and technologies that help minimize the use of chemicals in the agricultural production process.
Subsoiling, mulching, harrowing, and forecrops as IP agrotechnical methods
One of the agrotechnical activities used in integrated cultivation is the appropriate management of forecrops and cover crops. The selection of appropriate forecrops, i.e., plants grown before the main crop, and cover crops is important to reduce the occurrence of weeds, diseases, and pests. Covering the field with plants with a large root system can help inhibit the growth of weeds and improve the soil structure.
In rapeseed or cereal cultivation, agrotechnical techniques such as subsoiling or stubble cultivation are critical for reducing the occurrence of mono- and dicotyledonous weeds. Pre-sowing treatments can mitigate the threat from monocotyledonous weeds. Subsoiling or harrowing with a weeder, conducted in accordance with IP guidelines, ensures compliance with mandatory requirements. Additionally, proper field rotation and utilizing a variety of crops within the Norfolk crop rotation are vital elements of weed control. Modern subsoilers, cultivators, and aggregates are available at Rolmako.
In the cultivation of garlic or vegetables, effective weed control also involves an appropriate combination of preventive measures. Alternating crops with different requirements reduces the prevalence of some weed species, and well-planned agrotechnical treatments, such as plant care, subsoiling, or harrowing, support crop development without resorting to excessive chemical use.
Technology in the Service of Ecology
The advancement of agricultural technologies enhances the precision and sustainability of agricultural machinery use. Modern cultivation units facilitate effective mixing of crop residues with the soil, protecting it from erosion and reducing the need for chemicals in the cultivation process. Additionally, irrigation systems, such as drip or subsurface, efficiently and economically provide water to plants while minimizing chemical fertilizer use. Rolmako, a conscientious and modern manufacturer, designs its machines with ecological, integrated, and no-plough farming in mind. These machines are durable, produced with meticulous care to minimize carbon footprint, and ergonomic.
Subsoiling, mulching, harrowing, and forecrops as IP agrotechnical methods
One of the agrotechnical activities used in integrated cultivation is the appropriate management of forecrops and cover crops. The selection of appropriate forecrops, i.e., plants grown before the main crop, and cover crops is important to reduce the occurrence of weeds, diseases, and pests. Covering the field with plants with a large root system can help inhibit the growth of weeds and improve the soil structure.
In rapeseed or cereal cultivation, agrotechnical techniques such as subsoiling or stubble cultivation are critical for reducing the occurrence of mono- and dicotyledonous weeds. Pre-sowing treatments can mitigate the threat from monocotyledonous weeds. Subsoiling or harrowing with a weeder, conducted in accordance with IP guidelines, ensures compliance with mandatory requirements. Additionally, proper field rotation and utilizing a variety of crops within the Norfolk crop rotation are vital elements of weed control. Modern subsoilers, cultivators, and aggregates are available at Rolmako.
In the cultivation of garlic or vegetables, effective weed control also involves an appropriate combination of preventive measures. Alternating crops with different requirements reduces the prevalence of some weed species, and well-planned agrotechnical treatments, such as plant care, subsoiling, or harrowing, support crop development without resorting to excessive chemical use.
Technology in the Service of Ecology
The advancement of agricultural technologies enhances the precision and sustainability of agricultural machinery use. Modern cultivation units facilitate effective mixing of crop residues with the soil, protecting it from erosion and reducing the need for chemicals in the cultivation process. Additionally, irrigation systems, such as drip or subsurface, efficiently and economically provide water to plants while minimizing chemical fertilizer use. Rolmako, a conscientious and modern manufacturer, designs its machines with ecological, integrated, and no-plough farming in mind. These machines are durable, produced with meticulous care to minimize carbon footprint, and ergonomic.
Technology in the Service of Ecology
The advancement of agricultural technologies enhances the precision and sustainability of agricultural machinery use. Modern cultivation units facilitate effective mixing of crop residues with the soil, protecting it from erosion and reducing the need for chemicals in the cultivation process. Additionally, irrigation systems, such as drip or subsurface, efficiently and economically provide water to plants while minimizing chemical fertilizer use. Rolmako, a conscientious and modern manufacturer, designs its machines with ecological, integrated, and no-plough farming in mind. These machines are durable, produced with meticulous care to minimize carbon footprint, and ergonomic.
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