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Report of the 15th FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management

Rome, Italy and online, 15–18 November 2022

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Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 39 p.

Author ​FAO; WHO;

Publisher FAO ; WHO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Technical report

ISBN 978-92-5-137763-5

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Synopsis (short abstract) The 15th FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management (JMPM), hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), was held on 15−18 November 2022 at the FAO headquarters in Rome. It was a hybrid meeting in which participants joined either physically or virtually. The meeting agenda included the following items: summary of developments and actions taken after the previous (14th) JMPM (14−15 October 2021); review of actions and recommendations from the 14th meeting; review of new guidance documents under development; revision of existing guidelines or guidance; planning development of new guidance documents and review of existing guidelines and related issues; emerging and priority issues in pesticide management, including gaps, challenges and future directions of FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO); revision of the International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management (“the Code of Conduct”); and any other issues. The recommendations of the JMPM are presented in section 13 of this report.

Statutory body / Meeting title Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Management (JMPM)

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FAO & WHO. 2023. Report of the 15th FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management – Rome, Italy and online 15–18 November 2022. Rome. 

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5071en

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