Report of the 10th FAO/WHO joint meeting on pesticide management: 10–13 April 2017, New Delhi, India

Overview

The 10th FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management (JMPM) was hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland and supported by the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia and the WHO Country Office in New Delhi, India. The meeting was held at the Park Hotel in New Delhi from 10 to 13 April 2017.This was the second JMPM meeting to be held outside the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and WHO, and to include a day-long field trip to allow the meeting participants to observe practices and share experiences with experts in local institutions.

The JMPM was created in 2007 to advise FAO and WHO on the implementation of the FAO/WHO International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management (the Code of Conduct) and on new developments, problems or issues deserving of attention pertaining to pesticide regulation and management. Its members are drawn from the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Management and the WHO Panel of Experts on Vector Biology and Control. Representatives of pesticide and biopesticide producer associations and certain nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) involved in pesticide risk reduction are also invited to participate in meetings as observers. Secretariat support is provided jointly by FAO and WHO.

The 10th JMPM included: an update on activities of the joint Secretariat and participating organizations; a review of progress in the production of JMPM guidelines; plans for continued work on guidelines; a report on follow up to an ad hoc monitoring report concerning the reported failure of two pesticide companies to comply with the Code of Conduct; a visit to three local institutions; and recommendations for future work.