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Field survey guidance for Babuvirus banana bunchy top virus
11/2025

This survey guidance provides a protocol to aid in the monitoring, detection, sample collection, and diagnostics for Babuvirus banana bunchy top virus, ensuring effective phytosanitary decision-making to manage the pest risk and protect trade in plants and plant products.

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Identification of highly hazardous pesticides in selected countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
11/2025

This study was conducted as part of the programme on Building capacity related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs 3), funded by the European Union and executed in part by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The International FAO Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring (InFARM) System - Guide for reporting information on antimicrobial use in plants
11/2025

InFARM, an FAO flagship initiative led by under the FAO's Animal Health and Production Division (NSA), provides tools, capacity building activities and a digital platform for collecting, visualizing and making use of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data in animals and food. Last year marked the launch of the first open call for data. The FAO's Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP) leads the AMR in the plant sector.

Protecting pollinators from pesticides - Issues and options to consider when drafting pesticide legislation, beekeeping legislation, and biodiversity legislation
10/2025

This document is a product of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) under the European Union funded programme “Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries Phase III (ACP MEAs 3).

Pesticide residues in food 2024 – Evaluation Part 1 – Residues Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues
10/2025

The present publication is the corresponding toxicological monograph arising from that Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues meeting and provides the detailed scientific basis for the toxicological evaluations conducted by the WHO Core Assessment Group on Pesticide Residues.