Pesticide management in the Caribbean

FAO

Pesticide management in the Caribbean

Issue brief #20 - June 2019

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 6p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Full item page

Synopsis (short abstract) The Caribbean region had more than 300 tonnes of deteriorating obsolete pesticides stocks which have been safely removed from eleven project countries and disposed of by FAO. This issue brief details those efforts and the impact they are having on building safe food systems in the Caribbean.

Language English

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