Schemes

Stewardship

Good stewardship helps to meet the aims and priorities of the Voluntary Initiative.

These stewardship schemes and tools from the VI and others help those using pesticides and taking decisions on farms to do so while protecting water, the wider environment and human health.

Better Bentazone Together

Three industry leading manufacturers have formed a new partnership to help safeguard the future of a post-emergence herbicide that is und...

BeeConnected

Our spray alert system connecting bee keepers and farmers

wHen2g0

Last year, Agrimetrics and BASF recently launched a tool, wHen2gO, to help time applications of the oilseed rape herbicides metazachlor a...

The Good Neighbour Initiative

The NFU has produced a new guide as part of the Good Neighbour Initiative to help sprayer operators meet legal requirements and build goo...

Think Water!

A VI Stewardship Scheme to build on existing best practice to protect water.

BASIS

An independent standards setting and auditing organisation for the pesticide, fertiliser and allied industries.

Nematicide Stewardship Programme

Ensuring safe and efficient application and nematicides.

Grassland Weed App

A tool to help identify solutions for the removal of weeds in grasslands- from Corteva Agriscience

Tried and Tested

An industry effort to make nutrient planning and recording simple and practical.

Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF)

CSF is a project run by Natural England, the Environment Agency and Defra to raise awareness of diffuse water pollution from agriculture...

Championing the Farmed Environment (CFE)

CFE helps farmers support the natural environment, whilst farming productively.

Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use

An industry-led initiative to minimise exposure to wildlife.