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The Countryside Stewardship Scheme: opportunities for farmers and land managers to improve the countryside. Countryside Stewardship is a MAFF grant scheme which offers payments to farmers and other land managers to enhance and conserve English landscapes. MAFF, revised 1998 A5 folded leaflet illus. PB2566 Free.

Fireblight. MAFF, 1995 A4 2lpp PB2178 Free. A3 poster PB2116 Free. Part of an information series with accompanying A3 identification poster, on various plant pests and diseases.
Farm woodlands for birds: advice on their design and management. This advice has been produced to help farmers and advisers who wish to design and plant new farm woodlands to increase the nature conservation value of the farm within existing grant rules. It is intended to be pragmatic and cost effective, leading to the planting of low-cost low maintenance woodlands of benefit to birds. MAFF, 1999 A4 24pp. PB3691 Free.
Introducing Farm woodlands: an essential guide. Jointly produced by MAFF, WOAD, SOAEFD and the Forestry Authority, this booklet provides useful information on planning, planting and managing farm woodlands, and also covers budgeting, available grants and taxation issues. Forestry Commission, 1998 A4 29pp. ISBN 0855383534 Free. (Available from: Forestry Commission, Grants and Licences Division, 231 Corstophine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 7AT. Tel. 0131 314 6128)

Gypsy moth. MAFF, 1997 A5 2pp illus PB2689 Free. A3 poster PB2689A Free. Part of an information series with accompanying A3 identification poster, on various plant pests and diseases.

Local environmental risk assessments for pesticides [LERAP]: a practical guide. This booklet explains the new arrangements (including in some cases the legal obligation to carry out and record the results of a LERAP) for using certain pesticide products which previously required a six metre buffer zone ('no spray' zone) when being applied next to watercourses such as streams and ponds. The arrangements are being introduced with effect from March 1999. MAFF, 1999 A4 17pp, illus. PB4168 Free.
Code of practice for suppliers of pesticides to agriculture, horticulture and forestry. A new edition of what is known as the "yellow code", including new sections on the decontamination of stores, and on best practice for the transportation of pesticides.
MAFF, 1998 A4 57pp, illus. PB3529 Free
Plum pox. MAFF, 1995 A4 2pp PB2253 Free. A3 poster PB2248 Free. Part of an information series with accompanying A3 identification poster, on various plant pests and diseases.
Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. M.R. Cooper and A.W. Johnson. Over 250 plants and 30 fungi are described, most of them native to Britain, some cultivated and imported plants are included. TSO, 1998 xviii,398pp, hard cover illus. ISBN 0112429815 Ł55.00.

Is your sprayer fit for work? Advice from MAFF's Pesticides Safety Directorate on how to prepare, calibrate and maintain pesticide spraying equipment correctly, so that it is ready to use safely in order to prevent damage to the environment and wildlife. MAFF, 1997 A5 10pp, illus. PB3160 Free.