Главная страница ФАО
Plant Production and Protection Home Core Themes Information Resources Publications News, Events, Bulletins AGP in Action Interdisciplinary Work AGP in Keywords AGP Project Work Networks Contacts Login

AGP - Pest and Pesticide Management

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.

Go to the Guidelines on Pesticides Management page to see the list of guidelines in support of the Code of Conduct currently available on-line

News

Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management

The 5th FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management (JMPM) and 7th Session of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Management was held at FAO Headquarters in Rome, from 11 to 14 October 2011.

The FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Management is the official statutory body that advises FAO on matters pertaining to pesticide regulation and management, and alerts it to new developments, problems or issues that otherwise merit attention. The Panel in particular counsels FAO on the implementation of the revised version of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides. Members of the WHO Panel of Experts are drawn from the WHO Panel of Experts on Vector Biology and Control, or are academic or government experts invited to advise WHO on policies, guidelines and key actions to support Member States on sound management of pesticides.

Click here to download the JMPM Report.

The 2011 Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR)

The annual Joint Meeting of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and the WHO Core Assessment Group on Pesticide Residues was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 20 to 29 September 2011. The FAO Panel of Experts had met in Preparatory Sessions from 15 to 19 September 2011.

The Meeting evaluated 27 pesticides, of which 8 were new compounds, and 4 were re-evaluated within the periodic review programme of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR). The Meeting established acceptable daily intakes (ADIs) and acute reference doses (ARfDs).

The Meeting estimated maximum residue levels, which it recommended for use as maximum residue limits (MRLs) by the CCPR. It also estimated supervised trials median residue (STMR) and highest residue (HR) levels as a basis for estimation of the dietary intake of residues of the pesticides reviewed. Application of HR levels is explained in Chapter 7 (7.3.) of the FAO Manual on the submission and evaluation of pesticide residue data for the estimation of MRLs in food and feed (2009). The 2011 JMPR Report is available at the FAO website: click here to access the JMPR webpage for downloading the 2011 JMPR Report.

Training manual on evaluation of pesticide residues data for the estimation of MRLs in food and feed

The trial edition of FAO training manual on evaluation of pesticide residues data for the estimation of MRLs in food and feed has been developed and is available at the FAO website.

The contents of the Training Manual reflect the sections of a typical residue evaluation, including pesticide identity and properties, metabolism, supervised residue trials, food processing and consumer exposure to residues.

The Training Manual chapters include specify the purpose of the particular step in the evaluation process; make reference to the relevant chapters and sections of the FAO Manual; explain the process with practical examples illustrating the usual procedure and give examples for ‘difficult’ cases which require special consideration. Case studies are designed for exercises by the participants of training programs under the guidance of the trainers.

Click here to access the webpage for download of the Training Manual.

Regional Training workshops on pesticide residue risk assessment and Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) setting in Brazil and Ghana

In collaboration with the Foreign Agricultural Service, United States Department of Agriculture, AGPMC held two regional training workshops on pesticide residue risk assessment and standard setting in Brazil and Ghana.

The workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean was held in San Paulo, Brazil, from 16 to 20 May 2011. Twenty-one participants from twelve countries attended this training workshop. Participants came from Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Peru and Uruguay.

The training for the Africa region was held in Accra, Ghana, from 6 to 10 June 2011, and twenty-two participants attended it. Participants came from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia. [more]

Pesticide Problem solved in Paraguay

In Paraguay a fire that took place in a site owned by the Oficina Fiscalizadora de Algodón y Tabaco (OFAT) in the city of Asunción in 2003 resulted in about 160 tonnes of damaged pesticides, contaminated soil and other contaminated materials being placed in hastily procured shipping containers where they have remained since.

The site is close to the centre of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay and next to the site is a neighbourhood, a busy road and a river, so that health and environmental risks are extremely high. The Government of Japan agreed to allow income generated from agricultural equipment and inputs donated by Japan and sold locally to be used for the disposal of the obsolete pesticides from OFAT Asunción. [more]

Update version of The Manual on development and use of FAO and WHO specifications for pesticides

The Manual on the development and use of FAO and WHO specifications for pesticide has been recently revised.

The new revision (2010) has taken into account points reported by the 2006 and 2009 Open and Closed Meetings of the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Specifications (JMPS) and points suggested by the JMPS members, CIPAC and the industry. The amendments introduced in the 2010 revised Manual are highlighted and the revision is dated

The new Manual is available only at the FAO and WHO websites. Click here to access the webpage for download the revised Manual.

Training workshop on the establishment of MRLs held in Budapest

The first FAO Training Workshop on the establishment of Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) and risk assessment of pesticide residue took place in Budapest, Hungary, from 8 to 12 November 2010. Fifteen trainees participated in the workshop, thirteen of them coming from developing countries. The workshop was opened by the FAO Assistant Director General and Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, ... [more]