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Pesticides play an important role in managing pests such as the fall army worm, however they can also pose unacceptable risks to human health and the environment. Pesticide risk reduction and risk management are essential to the responsible use of pesticides. FAO’s is developing a long-term IPM-based strategy for the sustainable management of fall armyworm, which includes forecasting, crop monitoring, use of biological control options, resistant varieties and promotion of good agricultural prac tices and, as a last resort option, the use of pesticides.
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| Format: | Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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FAO ;
2017
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/I8024EN http://www.fao.org/3/a-i8024e.pdf |
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