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Workshop on Illegal and Counterfeit Plant Protection Products: Industry Perspective

Join us for a workshop in Kisvárda, Hungary to understand the severe health risks and environmental dangers posed by illegal pesticides. Learn about prevention and education strategies to minimize the demand for illegal pesticides and protect farmers' livelihoods. Discover how industry and authorities can collaborate to reduce the supply and demand for these harmful products.

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Workshop on Illegal and Counterfeit Plant Protection Products: Industry Perspective

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  1. Visegrad Hub Workshop on illegal and counterfeit plant protection productsIndustry perspective; Prevention and Education to minimize demand for illegal pesticides Kisvárda, Hungary, 14 November 2018

  2. Two contrasting worlds Think about this… Reviewed every 10 years

  3. Farmers take the biggest direct hit from illegal pesticides… • Counterfeit and illegal pesticides pose severe health risks to farmers • Potentially damage/destroy crops and ruin farmer’s livelihood • Leave unknown residues in food crops • Create environmental risks to wildlife, water and soil • Environmental waste problems how do we stop farmers from becoming victims of criminals?

  4. Industry anti-CF Strategy IMPACT CYCLE Infography: Zaska Design EDUCATION PREVENTION

  5. Reducing supply & demand for illegal PPP* Awareness/ Education Prevention Prosecution/ enforcement is essential to deter criminal activity! Prevention and Education are fundamental to reduce demand! SUPPLY & DEMAND REDUCTION Prosecution/ Enforcement *Based on model provided by Police Scotland

  6. Awareness and Education: Goal - reduce supply and demand for illegal PPP • Most effective when authorities and industry combine resources: • Slides, videos, industry and authority collaboration (e.g. Poland) • Authorities and industry reinforce each other’s messages and involve other stakeholders • Farmers become advocates for legal PPPs as a key element of quality food production (e.g. Bulgaria, Romania and Greece) cooperating and helping to stop farmers from becoming victims of criminals

  7. Potential impacts on sustainable food production • Avoid reputational damage for producers and suppliers • Protect reputation of food production in your country • Ensure farmers/growers use only legally registered products • Food export bans • Simple process to mitigate risk and avoid export bans

  8. Cooperation to stop farmers becoming victims of criminals • Cooperation and Partnership • Best practice awareness material shared and delivered to farmers and distributionchannel • by all stakeholders • Farmers / value chain immediately report suspicious products • immediate action by authorities • including alerts directing farmers to legitimate retailers Authorities Increase farmer awareness Food Chain Industry

  9. Improvements in prevention needed from enforcement authorities* (PPP, Police, Customs) * Suggested by Police Scotland after Operation Silver Axe II

  10. Improvements in prevention needed from companies / industry* * Suggested by Police Scotland after Operation Silver Axe II

  11. Questions and comments? Questions and discussion

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