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Lusine Nalbandyan Yerevan, 2010

WEEK WITHOUT PESTICIDES. Lusine Nalbandyan Yerevan, 2010. The Week Without Pesticides:. Aims to inform the civil society about the environmental and health issues connected with the use of pesticides and to certify that the alternatives for pesticides are available.

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Lusine Nalbandyan Yerevan, 2010

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  1. WEEK WITHOUT PESTICIDES Lusine Nalbandyan Yerevan, 2010

  2. The Week Without Pesticides: Aims to inform the civil society about the environmental and health issues connected with the use of pesticides and to certify that the alternatives for pesticides are available

  3. Due to weeds, pests and diseases the world production of crops annually suffers 40 % loss CropLife America

  4. Week Without Pesticides

  5. Week Without Pesticides in Armenia

  6. Open Lesson “The Pesticides and our Reality” at the ASAU

  7. Basic Information on Plants Protection Without Pesticides in Armenia • RA is not supporting non-chemical pest management according to Article 3.9 of the Code of Conduct • RA has no crop specific IPM standards for main crops • RA is not invested in training programs for non-chemical pest management • RA has no financial public support programmes for non-chemical agriculture

  8. Legislative Field RoA Law on Organic Agriculture adopted on 08.04.2008 RoA Governmnet decisionon: • Establishment of the delivery order of certificate of compliance in the field of agriculture • Approval of a nominal list of allowable and limited allowable for use compounds, including pesticides,means of soil structure improvement, fertility raising, plant protectionand disinfection and about the establishment of application order • Establishment of the order of organic agriculture management, production, processing the produce in an organic way, packaging, storage, transportation and realization of plants and products of plant origin, animal husbandry and products of cattle breeding ( including the apiary produce) • Establishment of an emblem of compliance of the organic agricultural produce, certificate of compliance and the certificate forms of compliance of the production methods used in organic agriculture

  9. Situation in Public Sector • Several NGOs are active in the development of the organic and sustainable agriculture in rural communities • Goal of the AWHHE NGO To study the possibilities of reducing the use of pesticides and developing organic agriculture in rural communities of Armenia

  10. Raising Awareness Among Villagers Through Information and Education Campaigns Preparation and dissemination of information materials

  11. Alternative Agriculture in Experimental Fields and Orchards Study

  12. Study and Application of IPM Approach in Project Villages • Curing of trees using plant tinctures instead of pesticides

  13. Pest Control by using plant liquid -tinctures from wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) and milfoil (Achillea millefolium) composition: 10 litres of water to 1 litre of plant tincture Milfoil Wormwood common

  14. Field days during the treatment

  15. Hunting belts against insects

  16. Biological (pheromone) traps were hangedin each orchard against (Laspeyresia) seedworm

  17. Agricultural centers in villages for implementing non-chemical methods of plants protection

  18. Thank You!

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