SIP report publications

The SIP Project has now finished. Links to the final reports for individual work packages outlining the methods used and key findings of the SIP, continue to be added to the Outputs page as they are published. These are available via the Defra website.

The reports added so far are:

SIP 1: Integrated Farm Management for improved economic, environmental and social performance

• Initial SIP 1 Scoping Study

• Developing farm performance assessment methodologies (WP1.1A)

• Developing augmented efficiency and productivity measures to form a basis for integrated Sustainable Intensification metrics (WP1.1B)

• Identifying the characteristics of effective decision support and guidance systems in the context of integrated farm management (WP1.3A)

• Supplementary Study: Exploring the scope for SIP’s practice-based approach to be boosted through summary, rapid or systematic reviews and/or meta-analysis 

SIP 2: Opportunities and risks for farming and the environment at landscape scales

• Initial SIP 2 Scoping Study 

• StaticTypology (WP2.1A) 

• Defining SI Metrics 

• DynamicTypology (WP2.1A) 

• BaselineFarmSurvey (WP2.2A) 

• Literature Review (WP2.3A)   

• FBS Analysis (WP2.3A) 

• Farmer Discussion Groups (WP2.3A)

SIP 3: The influence of external drivers and actors on the sustainability and productivity of English and Welsh farming 

• Final report

The remaining work packages and a final summary report covering the whole SIP will be added in the future.