Worldwide, an estimated 3.5 billion kilograms of pesticides is applied to crops each year, and that number is steadily increasing as developing nations are steadily transitioning over to chemical-based agriculture in a misguided and misinformed effort to increase yield and lower cost. The use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has been linked to a number of environmental problems and issues. The chemicals contained in them not only stay on the plants they are used on, but also seep into the soil, the ground water, and are carried by the breeze sometimes for miles where they then contaminate other plants. The risk these chemicals pose to human health is even more worrying. According to the UN, 90% of synthetic pesticide fatalities come from developing countries and estimated costs from synthetic pesticide poisonings in subSaharan Africa now exceed the total annual overseas development aid given to the African region for basic health services. By 2020, if not curbed, the accumulated cost of illness and injury linked to pesticides in small-scale farming in sub-Saharan Africa could reach US$90 billion. Moreover, the future of food production will not and cannot look like current conventional agriculture. The negative externalities of just one part of that system–synthetic nitrogen fertilizer– is compounding and accelerating the interrelated problems of fossil fuel dependency, soil degradation, water pollution, human health, and global warming. To reduce the increasing negative effects of the chemical-based agriculture, various partners coordinated by the World Food Preservation CenterLLC (WFPC) decided to organize the “AllAfrica Congress on Synthetic Pesticides, Environment, Human and Animal Health” aimed at reducing the deadly impact of synthetic pesticides in Africa. It is the first congress of its kind, to bring together experts from the agricultural, environmental, and health sectors to strategically and effectively tackle this "wicked" problem. The upcoming congress considers for the first time the total impact of synthetic pesticides on African populations, their animals, their living environment, and government/household economies. The most effective technologies and strategies to mitigate the negative impact of synthetic pesticide contaminations will be explored and recommendations made.