{"id":3672,"date":"2016-05-26T23:49:26","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T23:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsb.org\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2020-10-16T10:52:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T10:52:49","slug":"rsb-initiates-integrated-pest-management-coalition-with-other-iseal-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsb.org\/2016\/05\/26\/rsb-initiates-integrated-pest-management-coalition-with-other-iseal-members\/","title":{"rendered":"RSB Initiates Integrated Pest Management Coalition With Other ISEAL Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Through certification, the RSB has been contributing to the reduction of pesticide use and the elimination of the most hazardous pesticides for many years. Together with 7 other ISEAL members, the RSB has been working on a common approach to pesticide reduction. In May 2016, this coalition came together and signed a historic agreement that confirms efforts to work together towards the improvement of knowledge and sustainable use of pesticides, including the elimination of Highly Hazardous Pesticides. Specifically, we\u00a0agreed to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promote a set of common principles for integrated pest management;<\/li>\n<li>Seek and promote alternatives to pesticide use;<\/li>\n<li>Share strategies and techniques with each other;<\/li>\n<li>Create a common manual for training programmes and producers on worker health risks and how to use safety equipment;<\/li>\n<li>Create a common reference database with information on banned pesticides and knowledge-sharing on integrated pest management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Elena Schmidt, RSB\u2019s Standard Development Director, said \u201cthe coalition&#8217;s work to develop training programmes for producers and to create a common database with information on pesticides shows the important role that certification systems can play for learning and capacity building especially in a smallholder context.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through certification, the RSB has been contributing to the reduction of pesticide use and the elimination of the most hazardous pesticides for many years. Together with 7 other ISEAL members, the RSB has been working on a common approach to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,13,23,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3672"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rsb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15719,"href":"https:\/\/rsb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions\/15719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}