Benefits

10 Pesticide Facts You Need to Know.
CropLife Asia 2005 (PDF 72K)
Did you know that pesticides do a lot of good for your food, health and the environment? This fact sheet breaks down 10 pesticide facts you might be surprised to know.

Pesticide Usage in the United States: History Benefits, Risks, and Trends.
Delaplane, Keith, S. (PDF 135K)
The Growing Human Population and Pesticides. Humans are among the most successful living things on earth. In just a few thousand years, we have colonized every continent, adapted to nearly every type of habitat and, in biblical terms, multiplied and filled all the Earth.

The Benefits of Crop Protection Products (CPPs) from a Seed Company's Perspective.
Roberts, A. (PDF)
Introduction. Debate on agricultural production and the way forward for the Thai agricultural (Ag) sector has become polarized on a variety of grounds, especially by those wishing to take the moral high ground on the role of science and technological developments within the Ag sector.

The Value of Herbicides in Growing Fruit, Vegetable and Specialty Crops.
Gianessi, L., Sankula, S. (PDF 129K)
Weeds compete with crops for light, space, nutrients, and water resulting in significantly lower crop yields. Figure 1 shows the effects of uncontrolled weeds on carrot yield. Uncontrolled weeds clog harvesters and, if harvested with crops such as mint, spinach, green beans, and peas, lower quality if the crop.

The Value of Herbicides in U.S. Crop Production. N
National Center for Food & Agricultural Policy. (PDF 486K)
Key Findings. The widespread use of herbicides in crops grown throughout the United States has resulted in yield increases, savings for growers and reduced soil erosion. For most crops, the national herbicide treated acreage exceeds 85 per cent.

Benefits of Regulatory Harmonization in Asia.
Browning, A. Agrolinks, March 2001. (PDF 212K 3pp.)
The World's top 15 crop protection companies together spend approximately US$3 billion per year on research and development. Of this amount, approximately 20% or US$ 600 million goes into laboratory studies and skilled regulatory resources necessary to get products approved in major markets.

Changes in European Union Residue Regulations.
Man-Kwun Chan. Agrolinks, June 2001. (PDF 32K 2pp.)
With the increasing emphasis given to the consumptions of fruit and vegetables as part of a healthy diet, and the importance of a varied and year-round, high quality supply, demand for imported fruit and vegetables in Europe is substantial and likely to increase.

Position Paper: Prior Informed Consent PIC.
CropLife International. (PDF 96K 3pp.)
The 24th of February 2004 marked the entry into force of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. This date marks the point when fifty countries ratified the Convention and thus became Parties to it.

Some Aspects of Benefit: Risk Evaluations in the Registration of Pesticides.
CropLife International. (PDF 124K 4pp.)
No field of human endeavor is entirely free of risk. All aspect of our daily life are surrounded by some degree of risk. Even to do nothing can incur a risk! In every case, we have to consider all risks of any activity in the light of all its benefits. This applies equally to the safe and effective use of pesticides.

Understanding MRLs.
Browning, A. Agrolinks, March 2004. (PDF 648K 3pp.)
The benefits of agrochemicals seem to go largely unrecognized these days, except by those that use them. There are a few balanced reports of benefits versus risks in mainstream media, but for the most part it's the potential or perceived risks that are making the headlines and grabbing the public's attention.

Utilization of FAO Specifications by National Authorities.
CropLife International. (PDF 116K 3pp.)
It is becoming increasingly apparent that certain governmental crop protection product regulatory authorities may be inappropriately utilizing the new FAO specification process. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the principles involved in establishing and using FAO specifications by country authorities.

Safe Use in India: Teaching Stewardship.
Farm Chemicals International, April 2006. (PDF 95K 3pp.)
Village farmers in Guntur District of India were known for their liberal use of pesticides and disregard for safety measures. But all that began to change when help arrived one day. Read the story of how CropLife India’s Safe Use of Pesticides Project is transforming lives and families in farming communities.

Safe Use in Thailand.
Thai Crop Protection Association. (PDF 124K 4pp.)
The Thailand Safe Use Project is a joint project between APCPA and the Thai Crop Protection Association. Since 1991, the project has been working with government agencies, donors, community organizations, retailers and, directly with farmers.

Safe Use Progress in Asia.
Chiang, H. S., Marjudin, K., Sawangduam, S. Agrolinks, March 2002. (PDF 260K 2pp.)
CropLife Asia, through its various National Associations, actively supports and co-finances a number of Crop Stewardship programmes throughout Asia. One of them, the Safe Use programme relates to showing farmers the correct way of dealing with Crop Protection Products, from measuring doses to delivering the product to the crop.

Summary Report of the 2000 TCPA/APCPA Safe Use Project.
Thai Crop Protection Association. (PDF 480K 9pp.)
In recent years technological innovations to increase agricultural productivity have been introduced into all regions of Thailand. This had, however, led to some progressive farmers in rural areas using high levels of fertiliser and pest management products.