The webinar will launch a newly developed harmonized standard operating procedure (SOP) for the laboratory analysis of pesticide residues in soils. It will showcase its relevance for national monitoring frameworks, discuss the integration of soil components into existing FAO pesticide management tools, and identify capacity-building needs to strengthen laboratory and regulatory systems worldwide. The event will foster knowledge exchange with countries such as Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Cape Verde, and the Bahamas, promote collaboration, and support these countries in advancing soil pollution monitoring and risk management strategies.

The webinar will launch a newly developed harmonized standard operating procedure (SOP) for the laboratory analysis of pesticide residues in soils. It will showcase its relevance for national monitoring frameworks, discuss the integration of soil components into existing FAO pesticide management tools, and identify capacity-building needs to strengthen laboratory and regulatory systems worldwide. The event will foster knowledge exchange with countries such as Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Cape Verde, and the Bahamas, promote collaboration, and support these countries in advancing soil pollution monitoring and risk management strategies.

PRESENTATIONS:

• Pesticide residues in African soils – new data from the Soils4Africa project | Vera Felix da Graca Silva   Wageningen University 
• Principles of the Pesticide Registration Toolkit and EMTKand  the future integration of soil assessments | OxanaPerminova/Sergejus Ustinov FAO
• Launch of the SOP on detection of pesticide residues in the soil | Adélia Varela Lead author
• Pesticide residue mixtures omnipresent in European agricultural soils – implications for global health | Violette Geissen Wageningen University

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