Working group on Product Chemistry
08/09/2016
From 5 – 7 September 2016, FAO hosted a working group on pesticide product chemistry. Any new pesticide product proposed for registration in a country needs to be evaluated for its composition and physico-chemical characteristics in order to ensure that it meets specifications and is composed of active ingredients and [...]
Eliminating highly hazardous pesticides in Southern Africa
14/06/2016
FAO, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention, the Swedish Chemical Agency (KEMI), the University of Cape Town and the Southern African Pesticide Regulators Forum (SAPReF), organized a regional workshop on risk reduction of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs), from 25 – 29 April 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The [...]
Pollinator module on-line
16/03/2016
Bees are important pollinators of crops and wild plants, but are sensitive to many types of pesticides. Proper assessment of the hazard and risk of pesticides to bees is therefore of crucial importance to sustain agricultural production and maintain biodiversity, and an essential part of pesticide registration. Hazard and risk [...]
Working group on ground- and surface water risk assessment.
08/12/2015
From 8 – 10 December 2015, FAO hosted a working group on ground- and surface water risk assessment.
Aquatic organisms, such as fish, shrimp and crayfish, tend to be very sensitive to many types of pesticides, and a surface water risk assessment is therefore part of the evaluation of a [...]