Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy.

NAFTA-TWG on Pesticides

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Technical Working Group (TWG) on Pesticides was established in 1997 to streamline certain pesticide shipments between Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Their primary objective is to develop easier and less expensive pesticide regulation and trade among the three countries and meet the environmental, ecological, and human health objectives of NAFTA. TWG partners address trade issues, national regulatory and scientific capacity, governmental review burden, and they coordinate regulatory decisionmaking and industry burden reduction.

World Health Organization

WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues

The Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues recommends to the Codex Alimentarius Commission establishment of maximum limits for pesticide residues for specific food items or in groups of food. A Codex Maximum Limit for Pesticide Residues (MRLP) is the maximum concentration of a pesticide residue (expressed as mg/kg) recommended by the Codex Alimentarius Commission to be legally permitted in or on food commodities and animal feeds.

 

United States Department of Agriculture
Foreign Agricultural Service

The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) works to improve foreign market access for U.S. products, build new markets, improve the competitive position of U.S. agriculture in the global marketplace, and provide food aid and technical assistance to foreign countries.

 

Ministry of Science and Technology Government of India
Bio Control Strategies for Eco-Friendly Pest Management

The main objective of the Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India programme is to develop safe and efficient biopesticide formulations, as well as cost effective commercially viable mass production technologies of various biocontrol agents / biopesticides (which include microbial pesticides- baculoviruses, entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes, antagonistic fungi and bacteria, parasitoids and predators; pheromones, other semiochemicals; botanical pesticides and plant growth regulator) for use under Integrated Pest Management and their bioefficacy tested through large scale front line field demonstrations against the key pests and diseases of economically important crops in varied agro-climatic zones.