Use a diverse crop rotation to reduce the incidence of weeds, pests and diseases in food crops

Lower levels of infected crop debris on soil surface

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Best Practice Guidance:

• FSA (2007) Code of Good Agricultural Practice for the reduction of mycotoxins in UK cereals. Food Standards Agency FSA/1170/0507.
• HGCA (2007) Guidelines to minimise risk of fusarium mycotoxins in cereals. Home Grown Cereals Authority. Summer 2007

Defra Project IF0131
Assessment of reduction in environmental burdens through targeted measures compared with whole farm approaches in cropping and livestock systems
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