The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) initiated a five-day national training on the application of the FAO Pesticide Registration Toolkit (PReT) under the Pesticide Risk Reduction in Bangladesh Project.
The FAO Pesticide Registration Toolkit is a decision-making support system for pesticide registrars in countries with limited resources. The Toolkit is considered a web-based registration guide designed for pesticide registrars to utilize on a daily basis.
The Toolkit can assist pesticide registration staff with a variety of routine tasks, such as locating data requirements, evaluating technical aspects of the registration dossier, reviewing risk mitigation measures, and seeking advice on decision-making.
It also includes links to a variety of pesticide-specific information sources, such as international registrations, scientific reviews, hazard classifications, etc.
The objective of the workshop is to sensitize participants about the Toolkit's structure and contents, as well as how it can be used in the day-to-day work of pesticide registration staff.
The five-day workshop will be facilitated by international experts and will also sensitize the participants about FAO’s International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management Guidelines on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs).
HHPs are pesticides that are acknowledged to present particularly high levels of acute or chronic hazards to health or the environment according to internationally accepted classification systems such as WHO or GHS or their listing in relevant binding international agreements or conventions.
In addition, pesticides that appear to cause severe or irreversible harm to health or the environment under conditions of use in a country may be considered to be and treated as highly hazardous.
The International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management developed by FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO), outlines all the stages of pesticide development - including the manufacture, formulation, registration, packaging, distribution, storage, transport, use, and final disposal of a pesticide product or its container.
FAO’s Pesticide Risk Reduction in Bangladesh Project funded by GEF aims to build national capacity for better management of pesticides and hazardous waste with a strong emphasis on preventing the recurrence of similar situations in the future.
