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Guidance for harmonizing pesticide regulatory management in Southeast Asia

Year of publication 2012

Pages 480

Author Agriculture Group

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title RAP Publication

Series number 1020-6221|1014-2789|18194591|0428-9560

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This publication is the product of a project implemented under FAO's technical cooperation programme in response to the requests by eight member countries in Southeast Asia to assist them in achieving greater regulatory harmonization. Since 1982, FAO has played an instrumental role in assisting countries in the region regulate the use of pesticides. An efficiently regulated and managed pesticide registration scheme is a prerequisite for ensuring that pesticides are useful in controlling pests an d for minimizing the potential risks to human health and the environment. The FAO International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides lays the foundation for the harmonization of pesticide regulations in Southeast Asia. The publication includes a set of five guidelines on (a) harmonization of pesticide registration, (b) harmonization of registration requirements for biopesticides, (c) harmonization of pesticide labeling, (d) harmonization of monitoring pesticide residues in a griculture products and (e) updated guidelines for the preparation of bioefficacy test protocols.

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