Pesticide Management in Myanmar

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• Registration of Pesticides
• MOAI Pesticide Law , 1990
• Procedures, 1991
• MAS
• PPD
• PRB 1992 Five Ministries
  (MOAI,MOF,MOH,MOLF,MOT)
  
• 13 Meetings
• 
  
  
• 761 products
• A. Pest and Pesticide Management
• IPM Strategy
• Biocontrol
• Bio-pesticides

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• B. Testing Quality Control and Effects in the
  field
  
• Quality Control Parameters
• - safety of packaging
• - a.i content
• - emulsion stability / suspension stability
• - wet sieve test / dry sieve test
• - pH
• Transboundary movement of illegal products
• - still need to be controlled
• C. Health and environmental information
• - Hospital survey - 2003
• OP 216 cases and death 23
• Total cases 413
• - Residue survey

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E.Selected Standard(A)
Distribution of Pesticide 2003-2004
51 2 16 15 13 1 2
Total733
Total 733
Distribution of Pesticide by Hazard Class(WHO)
E.Selected Standard(B)
Ia Ib II III Iv
(15)
(46)
(185)
(260)
( 227)
Total 733
Existing Laws relating to control of toxic
chemicals Factories at1951 Pesticide Law 1990
POP Public Health 1972
National Food Law 1997 PIC

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• Existing Laws relating to control of toxic
  chemicals
  
• The Factories Act 1951 controls factories
  involved with chemical, particularly hazardous or
  toxic chemicals.
  
• Public Health Law, 1972 also controls the toxic
  substances used as consumer products and some
  purposes for human health
  
• Pesticide law in 1990. The Law monitors and
  controls the selection, storage, transportation
  and use of pesticides to protect people crops,
  other biological entities and the environment.
• .
• The National Food Law, 1997 controls the food
  safety and food quality to protect
  
• consumers' health. (Food and Drug
  Administration, Ministry of Health) In line with
  the Stockholm convention, Myanmar has banned 9
  pesticides out of 12 POPs.
• Existing national legislation on POPs
  (Pesticides)
  
• Status of management for 26 pesticides subject to
  PIC list
  

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• F. Conclusion and comments
• Pesticide could not be abandoned for agriculture
  production for foreseeable future.
  
• IPM packages by crops have been developed in
  cotton, rice, pulses and some vegetables with
  strong emphasis on biocontrol and least use of
  pesticides.
• Pesticide can cause not only human health and
  environmental problems but also negative impact
  on the economy of a country exporting
  agricultural commodities (e.g. trade interception
  due to legal limits of pesticides content in
  food).
• Though the acute poisoning of these chemicals are
  fairly observed, the chronic aspect seems to be
  less knowledge and current awareness service is
  urgently needed for both producers and consumers
  in food safety aspect.
• PRB of Myanmar recognizes the depth and wideness
  of the scope of the subject, Pesticide Management
  calls for better co-operation with farmers for
  the sound and effective use of pesticides for
  clean and green agriculture.
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