Navigating the dangers

In the coming years Europe must steer a path between the perils of climate change and the threat of global famine. The challenge will be to keep producing enough food while adapting to climate change and not making it worse.  Massive population growth, land pressure and the need to reduce the environmental impact of farming all contribute to this dilemma, for which the right solutions need to be found and soon.

What's a pesticide residue and a Maximum Residue Level (MRL)?

Watch this short webinar for a clear explanation.

 

We regularly receives questions and concerns from our stakeholders about pesticides in agriculture, and in homes and gardens. We seek to provide you with answers however if you have a question that has not been answered in the FAQ, please email us.

On the Fact or Fiction page ECPA tries its best to unravel popular myths, misperceptions and urban legends that pop up in the international media. We identify misleading arguments and statistics for you and help you sort ‘good’ information from ‘bad’.

As we wait for the publication of the latest annual pesticide residues monitoring results, we met with two industry experts to ask them about pesticide residues and Maximum Residue Level (MRL) monitoring in the EU.

Currently, the primary method of weed control by smallholder farmers in Africa is hand weeding with short-handled tools. A single hectare requires approximately 400 hours of labour for optimal weed control. With roughly one hundred million hectares of smallholder plots in Sub-Saharan Africa, this equates to forty billion hours a year spent by African women and children weeding fields by hand.