Main action of the Écophyto plan, the DEPHY farms network aims to try economical methods in plant protection products. Today there are 3,000 of them signing up for innovative methods.
The DEPHY network aims to reduce the use of phytosanitary products in France to reconcile an economically and ecologically efficient agriculture and to preserve public health.
The DEPHY farms network has three compatible objectives:
- prove that it is possible to reduce the use of plant protection products on farms;
- try out farming systems that are economical in plant protection products;
- create references on systems using few plant protection products.