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4102 PH-S'IlCIDEMANAG I:NTAND IPM IN SO1'IIIAST ASIA
Procurement of pesticides is to be undertaken in accordance with the general
policies set forth in the Bank's existing Guidelines on Procurement and taking
into consideration the factors enumerated.
A brief section is included on critical publications from FAO, WHO,
USAID, ARSAP, IOCU, OXFAM, and relevant handbooks.
For details of topics discussed in Part I, refer to the Table of Contents in
Appendix 1.
Part 11. Country Profiles
Part 11 consists of individual country
management
profiles
practices,
on registration,
industry pest
pesticides,
statistics,
major
environmental
crops, and pests,
concerns,
etc., for
key
the
countries
following
of the
developing
Bank: Bangladesh,
member
Indonesia,
Sri Lanka,
Malaysia,
Pakistan, Thailand,
Nepal, Burma,
Philippines,
India, Korea, China (PRC), Papua
Guinea,
New
Western Samoa,
It should
Fiji.
be noted that the data collected do not include public
household
health
uses
and
of
The
pesticides
population '
in the 15 DMCs accounts
29 DMCs
for
of
95%
the Bank
of the
and
population
nearly 50%
in the
of the total world population.
Part Ill. Pesticide Industry and Product Profiles
Part III provides users with important background information on the
pesticides industry and product profiles including the market size and annual
growth rate of selected countries, the role of the public and private sectors and
the major products currently used in the Asia-Pacifi:c region.
A product profile has been developed for 40 of the most widely used
pesticides in the Asia/Pacific region; it covers common name(s), trade name(s),
cl-;ssificalion, common formulations, selected chemical properties, toxicology,
persistence, special warnings, antidote, efficacy, uses and application methods on
major crops within the region, and use restrictions or bans in donor countries or
the Bank DMCs.
CONCLUDING REMARKS
During the last 10-15 years, developing
larger quantities
countries
of
have
pesticides
used increasingly
in an attempt
However,
to intensify
both governments
food production.
and private
concern
individuals
about
have
the possible
expressed
adverse
growing
impacts
Thus,
generated
the major
by
challenge
pesticide
confronting
application.
the
procedures
Bank is
for
to deploy
safe and
realistic,
cost-effective
pragmatic
pesticide
to recommend
selection and
appropriate
use and, if
measures
iecessary,
to mitigate pesticide-related
procedures hazas.
must allow
Such
pesticides
flexibility
according
in evaluating
to prevailing
the risks
environmental
and benefits
and socio-economic
of
and regulation and administration
conditions
needs in the Bank's developing member