FAO
The clean-up of obsolete pesticides, pesticides management and sustainable pest management sub-component is executed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The overall outcome of the sub-component will be to assist ACP countries to eliminate existing obsolete pesticide stocks and to explore opportunities for reduction of reliance on synthetic chemical pesticides while improving the management of pesticides in ACP countries. This will prevent the creation of obsolete pesticides and reduce the adverse impacts of pesticides on health and the environment in the future.

The activities that will help participating countries to meet this outcome are as follows

1. Elimination of obsolete pesticides
2. Identification of weaknesses in pesticide management
3. Capacity building
4. Experience sharing and learning

FAO Plant Protection Officers stationed in all FAO Regional and Sub-regional offices will provide expertise on the regions in which they work, the institutions and individuals responsible for areas addressed and have valuable technical knowledge that can contribute to project activity design and implementation. Benefit will also be drawn from technical units in FAO that address relevant topics such as IPM, pesticide quality control and residues, horticultural production, soil and fertility management, Rotterdam Convention Secretariat, migratory pest control, development communications and others.

FAO will implement activities worth a total of 4.9 million euros over four years.