Agricultural Pesticides and Biocides

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PESTICIDES: Report of the OECD Seminar on Pesticide Risk Reduction Strategies near/in Residential Areas

11-Mar-2011

This report presents the results and recommendations of an OECD Seminar Pesticide Risk Reduction Strategies near/in Residential Areas that was held on 17 November, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. It was hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and was chaired by Dr. Wolfgang Zornbach of the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection.

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PESTICIDES: OECD Maximum Residue Limit Calculator

02-Mar-2011

With the goal of harmonizing the calculation of MRLs across the OECD, the OECD has developed a MRL Calculator. It is made up of an Excel spreadsheet simple to use without requiring extensive statistical knowledge from the user. There is one spreadsheet for single data sets and one spreadsheet for multiple data sets . A User Guide and a Statistiscal White Paper are available to help with the use of the Calculator.

PESTICIDES: Publication of the Report of the Seminar on Pesticide Risk Reduction through Better National Risk Management Strategies for Aerial Application

17-Jun-2010

This report presents the results of an OECD Seminar (San Francisco, US, February 2009) that reviewed the various issues associated with pesticide aerial application, such as risks and benefits, technical developments, and communication and information aspects.  The Seminar recommended that the OECD promote information exchange on aerial application and develop a code of best/good practices for aerial application.

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Annex 3: Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4

PESTICIDES: Publication of the OECD Survey on Pesticide Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) Policies: Survey Results

16-Jun-2010

This report presents the results of a 2008 survey on how OECD countries set Pesticide Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs). It includes:
• a summary of the issues raised in the countries’ responses;
• matrices based on the responses, which list the national authorities responsible for establishing MRLs and approving pesticide products, describe the types of MRLs established, and assess the impact on MRL harmonisation; and
• the individual responses from countries.

PESTICIDES: New OECD website on Managing Pesticide Spray Drift

10-May-2010

Please visit this new OECD website that offers access to a variety of information on pesticide spray drift posted by regulatory authorities of OECD member countries. You’ll find information on Government laws, policies and guidance, best management practices, application technologies, studies and validation test methods, and predictive models.

Publication of the OECD Guidance Document on Defining Minor Uses of Pesticides

06-Nov-2009

This Guidance Document has been developed to help countries define minor uses of pesticides at national or regional levels with the aim of enhancing the consistency among countries.  It does not give an OECD definition, but rather it lists the critical elements to consider when developing a minor use definition. It was developed by Australia and reviewed on several occasions by the OECD pesticide groups.

Publication of the OECD Strategic Approach in Pesticide Risk Reduction

06-Nov-2009

The OECD Strategic Approach in Pesticide Risk Reduction:

• takes into account some of the main outcomes from OECD’s work on pesticide risk reduction,
• identifies the core elements that contribute to the reduction of risks arising from the use of pesticides,
• describes the main measures that lead to a significant reduction of pesticide risks (e.g. registration, compliance, IPM, training, technology, R&D, etc.), and
• recommends key elements for ensuring implementation and adoption of national action plans.

Publication of the OECD Survey on Countries’ Approaches to the Collection and Use of Agricultural Pesticide Sales and Usage Data: Survey Results

06-Nov-2009

This report presents the results of an OECD survey that gathered information from twenty countries on how they collect and use sales and usage data concerning agricultural pesticides. The survey focused on the collection processes, the type of data that are collected and how these data are used and analysed.  This survey provides more current and comprehensive data than that collected in a previous OECD survey conducted in 1997 which focused exclusively on agricultural pesticide sales data (see ENV/JM/MONO(99)1 .)

Publication of the Report of the Seminar on Pesticide Risk Reduction through Spray Drift Reduction Strategies as Part of National Risk Management

06-Nov-2009

This report presents the results of an OECD Seminar (June 2008) that looked at strategies to reduce pesticide spray drift and thus reduce risks posed by the application of pesticides on crops. Participants discussed various approaches for spray drift reduction (e.g. buffer zones, drift reduction technologies, labels), and developed several recommendations for promoting spray drift reduction technologies and policies.  Please also visit  www.oecd.org/env/spraydrift  (from 2010).

Main part of the report 
Complete report (size: 16 MB)

Publication of the Report of the Seminar on Pesticide Risk Reduction through Education / Training the Trainers

06-Nov-2009

This report presents the outcomes of an OECD Seminar (November 2007, Mexico) that reviewed current approaches to achieving pesticide risk reduction through education and training for trainers. Participants discussed the various aspects of training programmes such as qualification, quality of training, communication and economic aspects. The Seminar recommended that countries develop training strategies and the OECD conduct a survey on education and training programmes.

Main part of the report 
Complete report  (size: 25 MB)