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ProjectPromoting Ecologically-Based Alternatives to Highly Hazardous Pesticides to Enhance Food Safety and Security in the Pacific Region - TCP/SAP/3803 2024
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No results found.Boosting food production in the Pacific Islands is a key strategy for increasing food security, economic stability and resilience to shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the pandemic, food imports and supply chains were disrupted and access to fresh produce was severely impacted, posing serious concerns for food security. It was therefore essential that the agricultural sector in the larger islands in the Pacific be revived. Central to agricultural growth are sustainable pest management strategies and robust and functioning biosecurity systems. Previous agricultural intensification efforts have however led to modest and short-lived yield gains in the region. The average yields of vegetables in Fiji are still from four to seven times lower than those in neighbouring countries, such as New Zealand and Australia. The lack of effective and sustainable pest management strategies in the Pacific is a serious limit to agricultural growth. Plant pests, including invasive and emerging pests, continue to take a significant toll on crop productivity in the region. International trade and climate change create new pathways and ecological niches that facilitate the establishment and spread of pests and diseases into new geographical areas. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetPesticide Registration Toolkit 2023
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No results found.The course introduces the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Pesticide Registration Toolkit, a decision support system for pesticide registrars. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetThe potential key role of SAICM National Focal Points in Reducing Harm from Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs): Factsheet 2022
What Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) National Focal Points need to know and do about highly hazardous pesticides.
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No results found.Pesticides are substances or mixtures used for the management of pests to protect humans, plants, crops, animals or materials. Highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) are a special group of pesticides that need to be handled differently than other pesticides because of their proven high toxicity or listing on an international convention. Risks from exposures to pesticides are usually managed with a series of risk reduction measures including policies, signage (e.g., in sprayed fields), labelling, product formulation and type of equipment, and the wearing of personal protective equipment. But HHPs are too dangerous for the usual risk reduction measures to work, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This factsheet provides HHP-related information for the National Focal Points of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), as well as advice and suggestions on how to involve all relevant stakeholders (see section 5) to move towards a phase-out of HHPs and to implement more sustainable alternatives. In 2015, SAICM’s Fourth International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM4) adopted a resolution that recognizes HHPs as an issue of concern and called for concerted action to address HHPs. SAICM National Focal Points, therefore, play a key role in ensuring that information about HHP’s reaches all relevant stakeholders for effective and informed decision-making to reduce risks.
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