Pesticide Registration Toolkit

To make optimal use of the Toolkit, training of pesticide registration staff is fundamental. Capacity building may cover the general processes and procedures for pesticide registration, but can also focus on more specialized technical or scientific aspects, such as risk assessment, efficacy evaluation, risk reduction and management, classification & labelling, etc.

Pesticide registrars are invited to contact FAO to assess training needs and develop projects or programmes for capacity building in pesticide registration.

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National Toolkit workshop in Myanmar

04/04/2016 - 07/04/2016
A national workshop on the FAO Pesticide Registration Toolkit will be organized from 4 to 7 April 2016 in Yangon, in close collaboration with the Plant Protection Division of Myanmar. The workshop will bring together pesticide registration staff from the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, members of the national pesticide registration board and participants from relevant research institutes. The aim of the workshop is to present the contents of the Toolkit and ensure that participants can make use of it during their day-to-work. It is expected that the workshop will contribute to better informed decision making for the authorization of pesticides in Myanmar. This, in turn, will lead to more effective pest management and lower risks for human health and the environment. The workshop is funded under the FAO regional project on Pesticide Risk Reduction in South East Asia, funded by the Government of Sweden.

Regulators from South-East Asia and East Africa test the Toolkit.

01/06/2015 - 05/06/2015
FAO organized two regional workshops with pesticide registration authorities from countries in South-East Asia and East Africa, in June 2015 in Hanoi and Dar es Salaam. Participants were introduced to the Pesticide Registration Toolkit and tested its content and functionalities. Based on the comments they provided, FAO is improving the Toolkit and making it better respond to the needs of pesticide registration staff in countries with limited resources.