Guidelines on Minimum Requirements for Agricultural Pesticide Application Equipment


Book Description

The FAO minimum requirements in this publication are based on existing international, European and national standards and other published references. The guidelines provide a practical aid to assist purchasing and other agencies to avoid buying or approving sprayers with quality and design limitations, which could compromise operator and environmental safety. Member countries should adopt them immediately, to begin to eliminate substandard and unsafe sprayers from national markets and ultimately from the international scene.




Guidelines on Minimum Requirements for Agricultural Pesticide Application Equipment: Vehicle-mounted and trailed sprayers


Book Description

The FAO guidelines on minimum requirements for agricultural pesticide spray equipment are based on existing international, European and national standards, as well as other published references and expert knowledge. The guidelines provide a practical aid to avoid buying or approving sprayers with quality and design limitations which could compromise operator and environmental safety.




Guidelines on Standards for Agricultural Pesticide Application Equipment and Related Test Procedures: Vehicle-mounted and trailed sprayers


Book Description

The FAO minimum requirements in this publication are based on existing international, European and national standards and other published references. The guidelines on standards consist of detailed specifications and requirements, supported by test procedures, for the major types of agricultural pesticide sprayers. The aim of these guidelines is to provide manufacturers and governments with practical and consistent quality assurance systems.










Guidelines on Minimum Requirements for Agricultural Pesticide Application Equipment: Portable (operator-carried) sprayers


Book Description

The FAO minimum requirements in this publication are based on existing international, European and national standards and other published references. The guidelines provide a practical aid to assist purchasing and other agencies to avoid buying or approving sprayers with quality and design limitations, which could compromise operator and environmental safety. Member countries should adopt them immediately, to begin to eliminate substandard and unsafe sprayers from national markets and ultimately from the international scene.




Guidelines on Minimum Requirements for Agricultural Pesticide Application Equipment: Portable (operator-carried) foggers


Book Description

This publication contains revised FAO minimum requirements for safety and quality standards for agricultural pesticide sprayers, based on existing international, European and national standards and other published references. These guidelines seek to assist the elimination of substandard and unsafe sprayers from national markets and ultimately from the international scene.




Guidelines on Good Practice for Ground Application of Pesticides


Book Description

These guidelines have been prepared to offer practical help and guidance to all those involved in using pesticides for food and fibre production as well as in public health programmes. The guidelines in this document cover the application of pesticides using any ground-based field crop sprayers, including operator-carried and tree and bush crop sprayers.




Guidelines on Good Practice for Aerial Application of Pesticides


Book Description

These guidelines have been prepared to offer practical help and guidance to all those involved in using pesticides for food and fibre production as well as in Public Health programmes. The guidelines in this document cover the application of pesticides using aircraft, including the activities on the ground in support of the aerial application .




Guidelines on Procedures for the Registration, Certification and Testing of New Pesticide Application Equipment


Book Description

The guidelines in this document outline how governments can influence pesticide safety by controlling the quality of new pesticide application equipment manufactured in or imported into a country. They address government officials in plant protection, environmental and other concerned authorities. By incorporating into national legislation, a requirement for manufacturers and importers to declare that application equipment meets acceptable, international standards of safety and durability, or to set up national or regional testing and certification procedures, it should be possible to gradually reduce and ultimately to eliminate sub-standard application equipment from farms.