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Duration

1 year 鈥� you can apply for this action for a maximum of 3 consecutive years to cover the period of converting to organic

How much you鈥檒l be paid

拢1,920 per hectare (ha) per year

Action鈥檚 aim

This action鈥檚 aim is that orchards which produce top fruit and permanent bush crops are converted from conventional management to organic management.

The purpose of this is to increase the overall area of land registered and managed as organic.

Where you can do this action

You can do this action on agricultural land located below the moorland line that鈥檚:

• registered as 鈥榠n conversion鈥� with a Defra-licensed organic control body
• used to grow top fruit (such as apples, pears and plums) or bush fruit crops (such as gooseberries and redcurrants) as a commercial crop which is not used to produce alcoholic drinks
• an eligible land type (as defined in section 5.1 鈥楨ligible land types for SFI鈥� in the SFI scheme information)
• registered with an eligible land cover on your digital maps
• declared with a land use code which is compatible with the eligible land cover

Land is not eligible for this action if you鈥檝e either:

• previously registered it with an organic control body
• received organic conversion aid or funding for it

Eligible land

Eligible land type	Eligible land cover	Compatible land use code
Permanent horticultural crops	Permanent crops	TC01

Eligibility of protected land

Land or features with protection	Eligibility
Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs)	Eligible 鈥� you must get SSSI consent before you do this action (read section 10.3 鈥�SSSI 肠辞苍蝉别苍迟鈥� in the SFI scheme information to find out how to do this)
Historic and archaeological features	Eligible 鈥� you must get a SFI HEFER before you do this action (read section 5.6 鈥楲and with historic or archaeological features鈥� in the SFI scheme information to find out how to do this)

Available area you can enter into this action

Total available area in a land parcel.

Rotational or static action

This action is static. This means you must do it at the same location each year of this action鈥檚 duration.

What to do

You must:

• protect the trees from grazing livestock and pests, such as deer and rabbits, to prevent serious damage
• manage weeds and vegetation around the base of establishing trees
• follow the organic conversion plan for the land entered into this action and associated livestock, as approved and signed off by your organic control body
• comply with organic standards on land entered into this action from the start of organic conversion period until this action鈥檚 end date
• complete organic conversion and register the land entered into this action as 鈥榝ully organic鈥� before this action鈥檚 end date

When to do it

You must do this action from its start date, throughout each year of this action鈥檚 duration until the land is registered as 鈥榝ully organic鈥�.

How to do it

It鈥檚 up to you how you do this action, as long as you:

• follow this action鈥檚 requirements 鈥� these are identified by a 鈥榤ust鈥�
• do the action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve this action鈥檚 aim

Evidence to keep

You must keep:

• a conversion map showing the planting spacing and species within the orchard 鈥� you can mark this on any map
• copies of fruit sale receipts to show that the orchards are in commercial production and not used to produce alcoholic drinks
• a copy of the organic conversion plan approved and signed off by your organic control body
• photographs of the trees entered into this action
• a valid organic certificate and schedule for all land entered into this action 鈥� this must cover at least the full period of this action鈥檚 duration

You must supply this evidence if we ask for it.

Other actions or options you can do on the same area as this action

You can do the following actions or options on the same area in a land parcel as this action.

Some actions or options can only be done on the same area if they鈥檙e done at a different time of year to this action. For example, winter cover followed by a summer companion crop. Read 鈥榃hat to do鈥� and 鈥榃hen to do it鈥� to find out when this action must be done.

Scheme	Action or option codes
SFI 2024 actions	AHW1, PRF1, PRF2, CAHL1, CAHL2, CAHL3, CAHL4, CIPM1, CIPM2, CIPM3, CIPM4, CNUM1, CNUM3, CSAM1, PRF3
SFI 2023 actions	AHL1, AHL2, AHL3, AHL4, IPM1, IPM2, IPM3, IPM4, NUM1, NUM3, SAM1
CS options	AB8, AB16, BE4, BE5
ES options	No ES revenue options
SFI pilot standards	No area-based SFI pilot standards

If an action or option cannot be located on the same area, you may be able to do it on a different area in the same land parcel. Read section 6 鈥楨ligible land in other funding schemes鈥� in the SFI scheme information for more details.

You can do the following actions or options on the eligible boundaries of a land parcel entered into this action:

• SFI 2024 actions: CHRW1, CHRW2, CHRW3, BND1, BND2 and WBD2
• SFI 2023 actions: HRW1, HRW2, HRW3
• CS option BE3 (management of hedgerows)
• the introductory level of the SFI pilot hedgerows standard