NZFAP Plus

You can apply for NZFAP and NZFAP Plus certification at the same time.

• Ensuring farms meet all legislation regarding health and safety, employment relations, immigration and holidays.

• A health and safety policy will be required to identify hazards and minimise accidents, injuries and near misses.

• Employment relations are to ensure employees have valid employment documents, wage rates and hours of work, personal development plans and are managing wellbeing.

• All farms will hold a farm environment plan inclusive of; farm map, physical resources map, land and freshwater management plan, nutrient and greenhouse gas budgets, and biodiversity plan and how crops and winter grazing will be managed.

• The farm map will cover all land features and physical resources.

• The land and freshwater management plan addresses capability, soil health, grazing practices and water health and monitoring.

• The nutrient budget is to establish the risk to surface and ground water Nitrogen leaching and Phosphorus losses while the greenhouse gas budget is about identifying methods to measure and manage emissions.

• The biodiversity plan is all about identifying opportunities to protect and enhance terrestrial and aquatic flora and fauna species.

• Farms need to identify, and have a plan to manage and minimise, key biosecurity risks.