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Manual for the implementation of environmental, health, and safety standards for the control of locusts

dec/21

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 107 p.

Author Menoum, S.O.E. ; Everts, J.W.;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-136802-2

Synopsis (short abstract) The Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) for the control of the Desert Locust define the procedures that should be followed in a Desert Locust control campaign to minimize the impact of the use of insecticides on human health and the environment. This Manual for the implementation of SOPs for EHS has been developed to support the person responsible for the implementation of EHS at the National Locust Control Unit (NLCU). The Manual should facilitate the programming of activities to be carried out, structure the documentation of the state of implementation, and allow relatively easy monitoring of the extent to which the EHS has been achieved by the managers of the NLCU or by third parties. The Manual presents a "model approach" for the implementation of the EHS. However, this approach is flexible and should not be applied too rigorously but adapted to the national situation and the specific organization of NLCU. The objectives of the Manual are to:  clarify responsibilities for the implementation of each Standard Operation Procedure (SOP);  plan the activities to be carried out;  allow the internal monitoring of the implementation process;  ensure complete documentation of the implementation process;  facilitate the external audit; and  allow an easy adaptation to the national situation

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Menoum, S.O.E. & Everts, J.W. 2022. Manual for the implementation of environmental, health, and safety standards for the control of locusts – December 2021. Rome, FAO. 

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc1840en

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