Synopsis of Use and Economic Value of Pesticides and Chances for ...
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Table 3. Restricted <strong>and</strong> Banned <strong>Pesticides</strong> in Nepal<br />
Pesticide<br />
Remarks<br />
Restricted <strong>Pesticides</strong><br />
B<strong>and</strong>iocarb<br />
To be used <strong>for</strong> public health purpose.<br />
Chorpyrihops+ Cypermethrin Not to be used on mustard crop.<br />
Cyfluthrin<br />
To be used <strong>for</strong> public health purpose.<br />
Dichlorvos<br />
To be sold under <strong>of</strong>ficial recommendation <strong>of</strong> APPO.<br />
Et<strong>of</strong>enprox<br />
To be used <strong>for</strong> public health purpose.<br />
Lambda cyhalothrin<br />
To be used <strong>for</strong> public health purpose.<br />
Mehtomyl<br />
To be sold under <strong>of</strong>ficial recommendation <strong>of</strong> APPO.<br />
Methyl parathion<br />
To bTo be sold under <strong>of</strong>ficial recommendation <strong>of</strong> APPO.<br />
Monocrotophos<br />
To bTo be sold under <strong>of</strong>ficial recommendation <strong>of</strong> APPO.<br />
Oxydemeton methyl<br />
To be sold under <strong>of</strong>ficial recommendation <strong>of</strong> APPO.<br />
Permethrin<br />
To be used <strong>for</strong> public health purpose.<br />
Phorate<br />
To be sold under <strong>of</strong>ficial recommendation <strong>of</strong> APPO.<br />
Triazophos<br />
To be sold under <strong>of</strong>ficial recommendation <strong>of</strong> APPO.<br />
Banned <strong>Pesticides</strong><br />
Aldrin<br />
BHC<br />
Chlordane<br />
DDT<br />
Dieldrin<br />
Endrin<br />
Heptachlor<br />
Lindane<br />
Mirex<br />
Organomercury chloride<br />
Phosphamidon<br />
Toxaphene<br />
Source: DOPP (2001a), APPO = Assistant Plant Protection Officer<br />
Nepal has accumulated some 80.4 Mt <strong>of</strong> obsolete pesticides (Table 4) which has posed a serious<br />
problem <strong>for</strong> its safe disposal because there is no expertise in this country.<br />
2.1.2 District Level<br />
Table 4. Obsolete <strong>Pesticides</strong> in Nepal<br />
Pesticide group<br />
Quantity (Mt)<br />
Organochlorines 37.09<br />
Organophosphates 28.62<br />
Organomercury compounds 8.13<br />
Miscellaneous 6.57<br />
Total 80.41<br />
Source: DOPP (2001a)<br />
There are 75 districts in Nepal, <strong>and</strong> each district has one District Agricultural<br />
Development Office (DADO) under the Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture (DOA), His Majesty's<br />
Government <strong>of</strong> Nepal (HMG/N). Among various agricultural experts, there is one APPO<br />
in this <strong>of</strong>fice who is responsible <strong>for</strong> various plant protection activities in the district<br />
including the responsibilities <strong>of</strong> Plant Protection Inspector (en<strong>for</strong>cing the pesticidal<br />
regulations). At the district level, distribution <strong>of</strong> pesticides is done both by AIC <strong>and</strong><br />
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