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DocumentGuidelineAnnotated list of Technical Guidelines for the implementation of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides
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2013Also available in:
No results found.Technical Guidelines are issued to elaborate specific articles of the CoC and related technical aspects of pesticide management. These guidelines provide a framework to establish or strengthen national legislation, institutions, policies and strategies for pest and pesticide management. These guidelines are developed by the FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management (JMPM) to ensure an informed and independent process. Older guidelines may have been reviewed through different mechanisms, but always involved broad expert peer review. This Annotated list of Technical Guidelines for the implementation of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides provides a brief overview of all Guidelines and their purpose. It is aimed as a hand-out for meetings related to pesticide management to enhance familiarity with, and use of, the available technical guidelines. The annotated list follows the same structure as the actual list of guidelines on the FAO website -
Book (stand-alone)GuidelineInternational Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management – Guidelines on Licensing of Public Health Pest Control Operators 2015
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No results found.Pesticides are widely used by pest control operators (PCOs) for the control of vectors, pests of public health importance, stored product pests, structural pests such as termites and wood-boring insects, as well as weeds along highways and public places. The use of pesticides in close proximity to the human population by PCOs who are untrained, lacking in competence and unregulated in many countries is of great concern. Such uncontrolled pest control activities not only affect human health and at times even kill but also cause adverse environmental effects and shorten the period of availability of much needed pesticides due to resistance. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookInternational Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management
Guidance on use of pesticide regulation to prevent suicide
2023Also available in:
No results found.The revised International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management (1, 2), further referred to as the ‘Code of Conduct’, is a regularly updated, globally accepted standard of conduct relating to all aspects of the management of pesticides. The Code of Conduct, now jointly published by FAO and WHO, has been strengthened to reduce the adverse effects of pesticides on health and the environment and to support sustainable agricultural practices. In addition, new topics have been included to better address pesticide management and the pesticide life-cycle approach, to cover both agricultural and public health uses of pesticides, including both integrated pest management and integrated vector management, as well as new definitions, such as for highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs). Although adherence to the Code of Conduct is voluntary, the document provides general, authoritative guidance on pesticide management, and many countries have adopted its principles in their national legislation. The document provides guidance, particularly for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), in cooperating with relevant stakeholders on best practices in using regulation to prevent suicides with agricultural pesticides. It builds on the 2016 FAO/WHO guidelines on highly hazardous pesticides (2) and serves as a technical complement to the 2019 WHO/FAO publication, Preventing suicide: a resource for pesticide registrars and regulators (7). It is consistent with WHO’s strategy for suicide prevention (4, 6), WHO’s recommendations on cost-effective interventions for mental health
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