Prof . Shaym Lohani, Clinical Director at Nepal Drug and Poison Information Center, delivering presentation in the training. Photo by Vidhu Kayastha/FAO

LALITPUR - Two-day training on pesticide risk reduction and management was organized by the FAO Project on “Strengthening pesticides management in agriculture to reduce risk to health and environment (TCP/NEP/3502)” on 22-23 March 2017. The training, participated by Plant Protection Officers of the Government of Nepal, was focused on reducing the health and environmental risks connected with the use of pesticides.  

The training also highlighted the need of increasing public awareness on safe management of pesticides in order to make farmers in the rural areas aware of the risks involved in handling of  pesticides. During the training, the facilitators and participants had in depth discussion on the different aspects of the effectively managing, regulating and reducing pesticide risk in line with the FAO Code of Conduct.

The training was facilitated by experts from Plant Protection Directorate (PPD) and FAO namely Prof. Resham Bahadur Thapa, Dr. Dilli Ram Sharma, Dr. Damodar Sedhai, Prof. Shyam Lohani, Mr. Bhakta Raj Palikhe and Mr. Rajiv Das Rajbhandari.