Pesticide oversight
The aim of setting up a pesticide oversight is for authorities to decide which pesticides can be used in the country. With limited resources, the implementation proposed is:
- Pesticide suppliers notify basic information on supplier and chemical identity for the pesticides to be put on the market
- The authority decides on the acceptability to the pesticide use, based on decisions made in other countries or regions.
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- FAO : Initial introduction and subsequent development of a simple national pesticide registration and control scheme [1991]
- FAO / WHO : Guidelines on data requirements for the registration of pesticides - International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides [2013]
- UNEP/UNITAR : Chemicals Management Instruments: A Series of Resource Documents for Countries Making Choices, Module 1 on Chemical Inventories (1999).
- OECD: eChemPortal
- UNECE: Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals GHS Rev. 8 (2019)
- FAO / WHO : Guidelines for the Registration of Pesticides [2010]
- FAO / WHO : Manual on the development and use of FAO and WHO specifications for pesticides [1st edition, 3rd revision, 2016]
- FAO : Manual on the submission and evaluation of pesticide residues data for the estimation of maximum residue limits in food and feed [2009]
- WHO - Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard [2019]
- FAO : Guidelines on Efficacy Evaluation for the Registration of Plant Protection Products [2006]
- FAO / WHO : Specifications for pesticides, a training manual
- WHO - Guidelines for Malaria control [2022]
- FAO / WHO - Managing pesticides in agriculture and public health. A compendium of FAO and WHO guidelines and other resources. Second edition [2021]