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The seeds which must be certified before you can market them, how to get them certified and how to get a licence for your seed business.
Protocols and procedures for testing the value for cultivation or use (VCU) of agricultural crops.
What to do if your land is affected by extreme weather, such as flooding, extreme heat or drought.
Provides best practice advice on minimising the risk of causing pollution while protecting natural resources.
Farm Saved Seed rules, eligible species for payment and how to declare and make payments online.
This guide contains case studies from Thailand, Ethiopia, Africa, Rwanda and Kenya
This guide is an overview of current thinking on investments in irrigated agriculture that are responsive to the needs of rural communities
The Farming Advice Service (FAS) is a service funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) to help farms understand and meet the regulations that apply to their business.
This guide is suitable for non-experts and experts on food, farming and climate change
This guide examines how agricultural productivity has been raised in developing countries and the economic and environmental consequences
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
Guidance on the handling of slurry and manure to help reduce the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Details of the new ‘farming rules for water’ from 2 April 2018 for all farmers in England.
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