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BookletGuidelineInternational Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management. Guidelines on Highly Hazardous Pesticides
Guidelines on Highly Hazardous Pesticides. March 2016
2016The FAO/WHO Guidelines on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) elaborate upon specific articles in the International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management that address HHPs. This document is intended to provide guidance to countries on how to interpret and apply these articles effectively in order to reduce risks posed by HHPs. Countries are encouraged to identify the HHPs in use, to assess the risks involved and to decide upon appropriate measures to mitigate these risks. These guidelines apply to all pesticides, including agricultural, public health, household, amenity and industrial pesticides. They have been developed by the FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management (JMPM). -
Book (series)Technical studyProgress in pesticide risk assessment and phasing-out of highly hazardous pesticides in Asia 2015
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No results found.Over the past 30 years, the FAO regional office in Bangkok has assisted countries in Asia and the Pacific region to establish pesticide legislation and regulations, and to manage these products in accordance with the Code of Conduct and other international conventions and treaties. Many workshops aimed at enhancing harmonization among countries’ regulatory frameworks for the control of pesticides have been conducted in the region. The most recent workshop on practical aspects of pesticide risk a ssessment and phasing-out of highly hazardous pesticides was conducted in Nanjing, China from 19 to 22 May 2014. This publication provides an updated status of pesticide risk reduction in Asian countries. It also contains databases of registered and banned pesticides, and important documents from the Nanjing workshop that serve to enhance closer cooperation among countries in phasing-out hazardous pesticides. -
ProjectFactsheetHazardous Pesticide Waste Management and Environmental Remediation in Mozambique - UTF/MOZ/107/MOZ 2025
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No results found.In Mozambique, the improper management and disposal of pesticides and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) have posed serious risks to food supplies and agricultural land. Over time, the accumulation of obsolete pesticides and contamination of sites created additional hazards to human health and the environment, requiring urgent action. Despite the introduction of new pesticide legislation in 2009, the country needed to strengthen its capacity for effective regulation. Enhancing capacities was crucial to addressing challenges such as poor management practices, unsafe storage and inadequate disposal methods. Following three previous phases of projects that identified and removed obsolete pesticides, this project was initiated to address the disposal of remaining stocks. It was conducted alongside a complementary Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded initiative to achieve their shared objectives. From 2012 to 2024, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) partnered with Mozambique’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADER) to implement Phase IV of pesticide disposal efforts and reduce the risks posed by pesticide waste through waste disposal, site remediation, capacity development and legislative support.
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BookletManual / guideAgricultural extension manual for extension workers 2019
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No results found.In the context of sustainable agricultural development, agricultural extension has a very crucial role to play. The tasks and responsibilities of extension service will need to be broadbased and holistic in contents and scope, thus beyond agricultural technology transfer. Its normal task of transferring and disseminating to farmers appropriate agricultural technologies and good farm practices would not be sufficient. Extension agencies, services, and workers will need to exercise a more proactive and participatory role and serve as knowledge/information "brokers", initiating and facilitating mutually meaningful and equitable knowledge-based transactions among agricultural researchers, trainers, and primary producers. To improve its cost-effectiveness, proper strategies to advocate favorable and explicit agricultural extension policies are needed. Modern strategic planning and quality management tools and approaches should be utilized in developing or restructuring extension organizations or institutions. More innovative methods must be developed to identify systematically farmer’s problems and felt needs, and to help formulate and set agricultural research agenda based on such needs and problems. In short, there is a need to develop and improve the conceptual, technical, and operational methods and tools in order to strategically plan, efficiently manage, and scientifically evaluate a problem-solving, demand-driven and needs-based agricultural extension program. This manual is a practical guide for extension workers in agriculture. It contains simple, easy to follow tools on the commonly used extension methods and an outline of how extension may be planned and implemented. -
DocumentOther documentSDG Indicator 2.4. Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture.
Methodological note (Eleventh revision) – 2023
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Book (stand-alone)Technical reportFree Prior and Informed Consent: An indigenous peoples’ right and a good practice for local communities 2016
This Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) Manual is designed as a tool for project practitioners of a broad range of projects and programmes of any development organization, by providing information about the right to FPIC and how it can be implemented in six steps.
In an FPIC process, the “how”, “when” and “with and by whom”, are as important as “what” is being proposed. For an FPIC process to be effective and result in consent or lack of it, the way in which the process is conducted is paramount. The time allocated for the discussions among the indigenous peoples, the cultural appropriateness of the way the information is conveyed, and the involvement of the whole community, including key groups like women, the elderly and the youth in the process, are all essential. A thorough and well carried FPIC process helps guarantee everyone’s right to self-determination, allowing them to participate in decisions that affect their lives.
This FPIC Manual will ena ble field practitioners to incorporate FPIC into project and programmes’ design and implementation, ensuring that indigenous peoples’ rights are duly respected. FPIC can be considered the “gold standard” because it allows for the highest form of participation of local stakeholders in development projects.