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AGP - Pest and Pesticide Management
 
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The Plant Production and Protection Division (AGP) considers reducing reliance on pesticides as a principle element of its focus areas on Sustainable Production Intensification and Pesticide Risk Reduction. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programmes have demonstrated that pesticide use often can be reduced considerably without affecting yields or farmer profits.  

Preventing the spread of pests saves crops and reduces the need to use pesticides. Through the International Plant Protection Convention and the EMPRES Plant Health programme, AGP assists in preventing the spread of plant pests and diseases.EMPRES Plant Health comprises programmes on Migratory Pests and Wheat Rust.

Pesticide risk reduction is further achieved through judicious selection of pesticides and proper pesticide Management.  Pillars of our work in this area are its programme to promote the implementation of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides and providing the Secretariat for the Rotterdam Convention for the part that concerns pesticides. Related AGP work areas include Pesticide Residues, Pesticide Specifications and Prevention and Disposal of Obsolete Pesticides.

AGP leads the international normative work in the above areas. In addition, it provides practical technical assistance to countries in capacity building towards realizing the objectives set by its normative work. This is supported by technical guidelines and further tools in support of the Code of Conduct

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