This section provides links to specific case studies or reviews of alternatives to HHPs or to other high risk pesticides.

Global – Alternatives to various HHPs

A short guide - Alternatives to Highly Hazardous Pesticides.

Booklet providing summaries of cases where alternatives to HHPs have been implemented: endosulfan in coffee Latin America, HHPs in cotton in Ethiopia, herbicides in coffee, endocrine disrupting pesticides in Europe.

By: Instituto Regional de Estudios en Sustancias Tóxicas de la Universidad Nacional (IRET-UNA) & Pesticide Action Network UK (2017)

Coffee – endosulfan

Phasing out Highly Hazardous Pesticides is possible! Farmer experiences in growing coffee without endosulfan.

Successful replacement of the insecticide endosulfan by integrated pest management (IPM) against the coffee berry borer in Central America

By: FAO / Rotterdam Convention / PAN-UK / The4CAssociation.

Further technical information can be found at the PAN-UK web site

Several videos in English and Spanish on the YouTube platform of The4CAssociation.

Global – neonicotinoids

An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic pesticides. Part 4: Alternatives in major cropping systems

Global review of alternatives to the use of neonicotinoids against four insect pests in both temperate and tropical crops.

• bird-cherry oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi) in winter wheat
• wireworms (Agriotes spp.) in winter wheat and in maize
• western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) in maize
• brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) in rice

Central America – paraquat

Alternatives to paraquat dichloride in weed management.

Experiences with low risk alternatives to paraquat for weed management in bananas, oil palm, pineapple and coffee in Central America

Web page with brief descriptions of examples. By PAN-UK

Webinar on alternatives to paraquat dichloride in weed management

Recordings and presentations of a webinar organized by the Rotterdam Convention, with examples from Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic