Action Centre

For the implementation of the FAO Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides

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Use this homepage just to get to know "the FAO Code of Conduct" or to become active in making changes. You can focus on a target group mentioned in the Code and/or on an issue addressed in the Code. All target groups mentioned below are asked to contribute to the implementation of the Code. Here you can chose your action focus.

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The FAO Code of Conduct
defines standards for dealing with dangerous pesticides, for avoiding risks, and for introducing alternatives. download

Message from the FAO Code of Conduct
"... highly hazardous or substandard pesticide formulations are still widely sold and end-users are often insufficiently trained and protected ..."

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The FAO Code of Conduct

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about issues:

Governments Monitoring of the Code
Pesticide industry Transparency and participation
Food industry The use of the Life-cycle concept
Farmers Human and environmental health
Public interest groups The use of alternatives
Training
Pesticide management
Advertising
Distribution and trade
Import / export
Labelling
Packaging
Repackaging
Disposal

Spotlights

PAN International List of Highly Hazardous Pesticides
What are "highly hazardous pesticides"? Here you can download the 'PAN International List of Highly Hazardous Pesticides'. This is the updated January 2011 version.
Some background information:
November 2006 the FAO Council suggested "that the activities of FAO could include risk reduction, including the progressive ban on highly hazardous pesticides". More
October 2008 the FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management (JMPM) defined highly hazardous pesticides as having specific characteristics. More

New:
Target group specific leaflets for the implementation of the Code of Conduct now available in Russian for:

Public Interest Groups download Russian version
Goverments download Russian version
Farmers download Russian version
Food Industry download Russian version
Pesticide Industry download Russian version

Target group specific leaflets for the implementation of the Code of Conduct:

Public Interest Groups download English version
Pesticide Industry download English version
Goverments download English version
Farmers download English version
Food Industry download English version

Syngenta accused of violating FAO Code of Conduct
Non-governmental organisations from Asia, Latin America, and Europe conducted a survey in China, Indonesia and Pakistan to see whether the marketing of paraquat (under the brand name Gramoxone) complies with the code of conduct for pesticides. As a result of this survey the NGOs are filing a complaint with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) against the Swiss agrochemical corporation Syngenta.
The report "Pesticide users at risk" gives information about the survey. download
Further information on the paraquat campaign is available here
Get support for scrutinising pesticide availability here

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