FAO : Guidelines on minimum requirements for agricultural pesticide application equipment [2001 & 2002]
Description:
An important objective of these guidelines is to assist FAO and other agencies to ensure that sprayers purchased are safe to users and to the environment as well as being efficient and durable in operation. Even the cheapest sprayer models should meet minimum standards of safety and durability. These guidelines take into account equipment that is already on the market, many of which already meet the requirements. The prime objective therefore is that countries should adopt these guidelines immediately, to begin to eliminate substandard and unsafe sprayers from national markets and ultimately from the international scene. The guidelines cover several types of application equipment:
• Volume 1: (operator-carried) sprayers [2001]
• Volume 2: Vehicle-mounted and trailed sprayers [2001]
• Volume 3: Portable (operator-carried) foggers [2002]
Why this Tool/Guidance?
This guidance will allow national authorities to set standards for spraying equipment to ensure sprayers meet minimum standards to ensure health and environment protection.
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Vol 1 (English) (French)
(Spanish)
Vol 2 (English) (French)
(Spanish)
Vol 3 (English) (French)
(Spanish)
Vol 4 (English)