Since early 2016, FAO is supporting the Ministry of Agriculture in implementing a project aimed at reducing the risks associated with pesticide risks in agriculture. The project is called Pesticide Risk Reduction and it is funded by the Global Environmental...
To fight against crop pests, the States of CILSS countries, including Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal, have implemented centralized purchase of large quantities of pesticides intended for cotton sector. These centralized purchasing policies have led to massive use of dangerous...
March 8, 2022. “Planes with pesticides would spray the fields where my father toiled to ensure banana production in the 70’s’.”
Carmen recalls her childhood, growing up on a Banana Plantation, in the coastal district of Saramacca in Suriname.
Starting as a...
28 February 2022
30 farmers from six districts Musanze, Rulindo, Nyabihu, Rubavu, Rwamagana and Kayonza graduated on the 10th of February 2022 in Musanze district, Northern Rwanda. These trainees have acquired a wide range of skills in farming Irish potatoes and other various...
