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Managing pesticides in agriculture and public health
A compendium of FAO and WHO guidelines and other resources - Second edition

 


Policy Development

Technical Guidelines for the implementation of the International Code of Conduct on Pesticide management

These guidelines serve to provide further guidance on the implementation of specific aspects of the Code of Conduct and are aimed at governments, pesticide industry and other stakeholders. They are developed by the FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management (JMPM).

All available guidelines are listed below.

Certain guidelines that are becoming outdated are marked with the symbol.

Outdated guidelines that are being revised by the JMPM are marked with the symbol

 


Legislation 

  • Guidelines on pesticide legislation - Second edition [2020] - English        

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Policy 

  • Guidance on Pest and Pesticide Management Policy Development [2010] - EnglishFrenchSpanish                                                                               
  • Detoxifying agriculture and health from highly hazardous pesticides - A call for action - English
  • Guidance on management of household pesticides - [2020] - English

 

Registration

  • Guidelines for the registration of microbial, botanical and semiochemical pest control agents for plant protection and public health uses [2017] - English  (Superseding guidelines on the registration of biological pest control agents [1988] )
  • Guidelines on data requirements for the registration of pesticides [2013] - English
  • Guidelines on efficacy evaluation for the registration of plant protection products [2006] - ArabicEnglish
  • Guidelines on good labelling practice for pesticides [2015] - English, Chinese 

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Compliance and Enforcemen 

  • Guidelines on compliance and enforcement of a pesticide regulatory programme [2006] - English 
  • Guidance for inspection of pesticide producers, importers, distributors and retailers - [2020] - English

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Distribution and Sales

  • Provisional guidelines on tender procedures for the procurement of pesticides [1994] - English
  • Guidelines for retail distribution of pesticides with particular reference to storage and handling at the point of supply to users in developing countries [1988] - English 

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Use

  •  Guidelines for personal protection when handling and applying pesticides- [2020] - English  

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Application Equipment 

  • Guidelines on procedures for the registration certification and testing of new pesticide application equipment [2001] - EnglishFrench, Spanish, Russian
  • Guidelines on minimum requirements for agricultural pesticide application equipment, vol. 1 [2001] - English, French, Spanish                                                         
  • Guidelines on minimum requirements for agricultural pesticide application equipment, vol. 2 [2001] - English, French, Spanish
  • Guidelines on minimum requirements for agricultural pesticide application equipment, vol. 3 [2002] - English, French, Spanish
  • Guidelines on minimum requirements for agricultural pesticide application equipment, vol. 4 [2004] - English
  • Guidelines on standards for agricultural pesticide application equipment and related test procedures, vol. 1 [2001] - English, FrenchSpanish, Russian
  • Guidelines on standards for agricultural pesticide application equipment and related test procedures, vol. 2 [2001] - EnglishFrenchSpanish, Russian
  • Guidelines on the Organization of Schemes for Testing and Certification of Agricultural Pesticide Sprayers in Use [2001]  - English, Russian

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Prevention & disposal of obsolete stocks

  • Pesticide storage and stock control manual - English
  • Disposal of bulk quantities of obsolete pesticides in developing countries [1996] - English, French, Spanish
  • Guidelines for the management of small quantities of unwanted and obsolete pesticides [1999] - English, French, Spanish                                          
  • Assessing soil contamination: A reference manual - English
  • FAO Training Manual for inventory taking obsolete pesticides - English
  • Environmental Management Tool Kit for Obsolete Pesticides - Volume 1 [2009] - English
  • Environmental Management Tool Kit for Obsolete Pesticides - Volume 2 [2009] - English
  • Environmental Management Tool Kit for Obsolete Pesticides - Volume 3 [2011] - English
  • Environmental Management Tool Kit for Obsolete Pesticides - Volume 4 [2011] - English
  • Environmental Management Tool Kit for Obsolete Pesticides - Volume 5 [2020] - English 
  • Environmental Management Tool Kit for Obsolete Pesticides - Volume 6 [2020] - English 

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Post registration surveillance 

  • Guidelines on developing a reporting system for health and environmental incidents resulting from exposure to pesticides [2009] - English, FrenchSpanish
  • Guidelines on post-registration surveillance and other activities in the field of pesticides [1988] - English

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Monitoring and observance of the Code of Conduct 

  • Guidelines on monitoring and observance of the Code of Conduct [2006] - EnglishFrenchSpanish                                                                     

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