Useful links on pesticides

Maximum residue limits applicable in EU and for each commodity entering the EU territory:

http://ec.europa.eu/sanco_pesticides/public/index.cfm

Codex maximum residuelimits:

http://www.codexalimentarius.net/mrls/pestdes/jsp/pest_q-e.jsp

Maximum residue limits authorized in Australia:

http://www.apvma.gov.au/residues/

Maximum residue limits authorized in Japon

http://www.ffcr.or.jp/zaidan/FFCRHOME.nsf/pages/MRLs-p

CSP (ComitéSahélien des Pesticides or Sahelian Pesticides Committee): is the decision-maker body for all CILSS countries (Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Chad) regarding registration of pesticides, their circulation and safe use in the region.

http://www.insah.org/protectiondesvegetaux/csp/presentation.html

Ivory Coast : ISYSPHYT website : ISYSPHYT is a tool for cooperation between Ivory Coast and the various agencies and structures involved in the promotion and control of agrochemicals.

http://www.isysphyt.ci(agrochemicals)

http://www.isysphyt.ci/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=29&Itemid=63
(registered pesticides)

Ghana: EPA-Ghana website: the Environmental Protection Agency is responsable de for the registration of plant protection products and the management of air, lands and water.
http://www.epa.gov.gh/

Kenya: PCPB website (Pest Control Products Board) which is a statutory organization of Kenya Government which regulates the import, manufacture, distribution and use al control products pesticides.
http://www.pcpb.or.ke/

Tanzania :
list of pesticides registered in Tanzania
http://www.agriculture.go.tz/publications
LEAT website (Lawyers’s Environmental Action team) responsible for management of natural resources and environmental protection in Tanzania
http://www.leat.or.tz/publications/env.handbook/4.4.c.pesticides.act.php

Jamaica: PCA website (Pesticides Control Authority) which is the government agency for the regulation, management and control of pesticides in Jamaica.
http://www.caribpesticides.net/

IUPP website (Union de l’Industrie de Protection des Plantes-France)
http://www.info-pesticides.org/

Website for debate on pesticides sponsored by l’ECPA (European Crop Protection Association)
http://www.pesticideinformation.eu/

IBMA website (International Biocontrol Manufacturer’s Association)
http://www.ibma.ch

Cop-Horti website : Community of Practice on Horticulture (Hort Cop) is a network of professionals in the horticulture industry that relies on a collaborative web platform and provides information, exchange ideas and coordinate activities aimed at strengthening the chains value of horticultural products
http://www.cop-horti.net/

IFDC website: IFDC is a public international organization encompassing a hundred countries from North and South invested in international food safety problems, alleviation of hunger and poverty around the world, protecting the environment and promoting economic development and self-sufficiency.
http://www.ifdc.org

An interesting regional integration project partially funded by the Dutch Directorate General for International Cooperation (DGCIS) is implemented by IFDC: the Project MIR Plus (Marketing Inputs Regionally Plus-2009-2013) is an effort Joint ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) and WAEMU (West African Economic and Monetary Union) to create a common regional free market.

FARA website, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, is the umbrella organization that brings together key stakeholders in research and agricultural development in Africa to form partnerships. FARA plays an advocacy and coordination role for agricultural research for development.
http://fr.fara-africa.org/