Crop Protection Stewardship: Sound Management of Pesticides throughout Their Lifecycle
Title
Crop Protection Stewardship: Sound Management of Pesticides throughout Their Lifecycle
Published
August 30, 2012
Document type
Publication
Case study
Description
CropLife International and its members promote a lifecycle—or stewardship approach—to managing crop protection products that aims to maximize benefits and minimize risks from their use. This helps fulfil the industry’s commitment to the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides—the main guidance for management of crop protection products. CropLife International and its members work with a variety of partners to train up to 350,000 thousand people per year in the responsible handling and use of crop protection products and produces numerous guidelines which are distributed around the world.