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Conclusion and recommendations
One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> primary objectives for managing and controlling pesticides is to ensure that <strong>the</strong>
product is effective for <strong>the</strong> control <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> target pest while causing little or no deleterious effect to
man, non-target organisms and <strong>the</strong> environment as a whole. Like <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r regions, this region has
been using many environment unfriendly chemicals and processes, which has led to <strong>the</strong> pesticide
problem. Government policies still favor pesticides and high subsidies exist, while newer IPM
products are taxed at high rates. The government should foster IPM by removing subsidies on <strong>the</strong>
least desirable pesticides while removing taxes from IPM products. These economic incentives
would go a long way in changing <strong>the</strong> practices <strong>of</strong> farmers. This recommendation is in line with
recent changes in government policy where IPM methods are to be preferred over pesticide usage.
Pesticides should only be supplied that meet international standards <strong>of</strong> quality and are packaged and
labeled as appropriate in <strong>the</strong> line <strong>of</strong> code <strong>of</strong> conduct that is adequate for farmers to ensure safe and
effective use Alternatives should be safe and effective and new technologies should be provided at
affordable cost. People <strong>of</strong> LDC countries need to encourage and promote <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong>
indigenous technology and traditional method <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> plant diseases, insect pest control and vector
borne diseases control at national and <strong>regional</strong> level. Keeping in view <strong>the</strong> problem <strong>of</strong> residue <strong>of</strong>
pesticides in different components including food items, <strong>the</strong> Government should educate and
advocate an IPM and <strong>the</strong> methods don’t go for demonstration only but validation on large scale.
Effective registration, licensing, quality control, food residue analysis and o<strong>the</strong>r enforcement
measures including monitoring and testing will be needed. In Nepal it is high time to develop
Chemical Safety Programmers-risk management strategies and know-how for coping with chemical
accidents and set up <strong>of</strong> a Central Authority for chemical safety management <strong>of</strong> toxic chemicals, and
Government needs to promote awareness <strong>of</strong> responsibilities under <strong>the</strong> Code <strong>of</strong> Conduct on Pesticides
and relevant FAO Guidelines and should implement international agreements regulating trade and
use hazardous chemicals and upgrade facilities for chemical analysis.
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