Report of the 8th FAO/WHO joint meeting on pesticide management: 14–17 October 2014, Rome, Italy

Overview

The 8th FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management (JMPM) and the 10th Session of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Management were held at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy from 14 to 17October 2014. The JMPM was established in 2007 following the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) on cooperation in a joint programme for the sound management of pesticides. Since its inception, the JMPM has consisted of members drawn from the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Management and the WHO Panel of Experts on Vector Biology and Control. The JMPM held its first session in 2007. The JMPM advises FAO and WHO on matters pertaining to pesticide regulation and management, alerting them to new developments, problems or issues that merit attention; in particular, on the implementation of the FAO/WHO International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management.