Resources
FAO Pesticide Disposal Series 18: Environmental Management Tool Kit for Obsolete Pesticides (EMTK)
2020
2020
Technical guidelines - Environmental Management Tool Kit for Obsolete Pesticides – Volume 6
Technical guidelines - The handbook is intended to complement training provided by FAO, and will help to guide trained investigators through the process of successfully completing a Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) of locations thought to be contaminated with pesticides. It is not intended to be a substitute for...
Reports - Report of a 2018 WHO–FAO survey
This report provides a contemporary overview of the situation of pesticide management in agriculture and public health across the globe. The results indicate various critical shortcomings. This suggests the need for countries, and programmes alike, to revisit their legal and...
Briefs - The brochure describes what is the toolkit, how it can help making informed decision throughtout the registration processes and presents its main features. It also briefly presents the achieved results in terms of trained people and countries and the possibilities for training.
Publications - This brochure presents FAO’s work on mainstreaming biodiversity as a cross-cutting theme in the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors. It provides examples of on-the-ground activities and highlights relevant international mechanisms. It shows how biodiversity and ecosystems benefit...