and Integrated Pest Management - part - usaid

1UI'RE NEEDS FOR PIESTICIDF MA NAGI:MEIix IN Sot rTIEAST ASIA
significant in Southeast Asia. In this respect, more traincd manpower an(
laboratories to facilitate analysis and monitoring of pesticide residues an
urgently needed. Countries within the Region sl;ou!d closely cooperate in thP
important issue. Thc. propcsal of a group of deve)oping countries, which met ir
Thailand in 1984 for establishing a Regional Pesticide Training Center anc
Service Laboratory, should be fully exploited.
Public awareness of the benefits and risks of pesticides to health and
environment should be increased through various activities. Television, radio,
mass media, and periodic gatherings are effective means for this purpose. Close
collaboration among government officials and various public sector groups is
essential in this respect.
In the future, selective pesticides such as botanicals and insectistatics, are
likely to be in higher demand than broad-spectrum pesticides, although it is
understood that the manufacture of selective pesticides is getting more and more
difficult, and therefore very costly.
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