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National action Programme to achieve sustainable use of plant protection products for the period 2012–2022.

Country/Territory
Slovenia
Document type
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Cultivated plants, Water
Keyword
Policy/planning Integrated pest management-IPM/pest management strategies Pesticides Ecological production/organic production Monitoring Education Plant production Plant protection Toxicity/poisoning Residues Protection of environment PIC-prior informed consent Pollution control Surface water Groundwater Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

The Republic of Slovenia National action Programme to achieve sustainable use of plant protection products for the period 2012–2022 is here adopted and its complete text is part of this publication. This Programme is in accordance with principles of sustainable development of agriculture that have been defined as follows: ensuring food security through a stable production of safe and quality food that is affordable for all consumers; enhancing the competitiveness of agriculture and food technology; sustainable use of production potentials and ensuring public goods associated with agriculture; ensuring the harmonious and socially sustainable rural development (in cooperation with other policies). The Slovenian agricultural policy, with direct interaction with this text, introduces a multi-purpose agriculture approach and shall apply to all sources available in supporting its sustainable development, which implies economically effective and competitive, socially responsible and also environmentally sound agriculture, with an aim at organic or ecologic method of production. This includes also the sustainable protection of plants against various pests and weeds that cause unacceptable economic damage to food producers or are even detrimental to the biological diversity, and result in the presence of micotoxins and other harmful substances in agricultural products; therefore, in the production of food and feed such organisms are controlled by mechanical, biological and chemical methods. Plants and plant products in international trade are also subject to biosafety standards in order to prevent the spread of pests and weeds from production areas to consumption areas, particularly when the trade among different continents is involved. Principles and good practices form the International Plant Protection Convention are here envolved, among other listed documents.

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