Canadian Food Inspection Agency Workhsop

Background

Good agricultural practices (GAP) with an integrative approach are a key tool in the management of sanitary, phytosanitary and environmental risks in agriculture. One example of a good agricultural practice is the adequate disposal of pesticide residues in order to reduce the risk of environmental pollution, protect the health of workers, and contribute to food safety.

To meet this requirement, producers and governments must overcome great challenges. Specifically, they must be aware of technology available: in the case of producers, in order to adequately manage residues of pesticides utilized on their crops, and, in the case of governments, to verify the implementation of these technologies and assure the population that risks in agricultural production are being managed adequately.

General objective

To contribute to increasing agriculture’s resilience through the use of technologies that reduce the risk of environmental pollution and protect food safety.

Target audience

Producers; exporters; authorities and technical specialists of the ministries of agriculture and of the environment of the countries; technical specialists of GAP programs; official inspectors; auditors; and representatives of research centers, universities and pesticide companies, among other stakeholders involved in GAP.

• Date: Thursday May 3, 2018
• Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (Costa Rica time)
• Language: Spanish with simultaneous interpretation in English