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‘Challenges in global raw material supply’

Plant protection: quite a challenge

Maritza van Assen

Spijkenisse 12 May 2016

@NefytoNL

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Nefyto is a member of

Introductory comments

• Crop protection industry outlook:

– more challenges than opportunities

• Beyond regulation:

– focus on stewardship efforts – we are committed!

• Mid term needs of an innovative sector:

– dream? or reality?

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Plant protection products

• Help to control risks of pests

• Increase the yield per hectare

• Contribute to a stable supply of food andraw material

• Support agricultural incomes

– But is everyone aware?

– And how to secure the availability of safe and effective PPP’s on the market?

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#WithorWithout Pesticides?

EU regulation of plant protectionproducts

• Before 1991: national authorization systems

• From 1991 onwards: a 2 tier system

• From 2011: a zonal system – 3 tier system?

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EU agriculture lost more than 50% of active substances under Directive 91/414

Active ingredients in development

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Increasing efforts to bring a PPP to market

(Upcoming) regulatory challenges in registration

• Delays in approval of EU new activesubstances

• (Political) delays in renewal of existingsubstances

• Classification issues

• Criteria for Endocrine Disrupting substances

• Candidates for substitution / Comparative assessment on a national level

• New Guidances – e.g. Bee GuidanceDocument

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More than only PPP registration ..

Other influences

• NGO campaigns

• Activist and Facebook science

• (Social) Media

• Secundary standards

• Sincerely concerned citizens

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What does this mean?

• Loss of more products within the EU

• Effects on yield and product quality pre andpost harvest

• Effects on farm-level income andemployment

• Effects on trade and competetiveness

• More difficulties to import products fromthird countries treated with PPP’s notregistered in EU

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What is Integrated Pest Management?

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Key components of IPM

• Green Deal Green PPP’s

• Criteria for low risk substances

• EU initiative on sustainable plant protection

• Action Plan Speeding up sustainable

plant protection

• New cooperation NL Ctgb with US EPA

• But be realistic about timelines for greening

plant protection!!

Green!

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56 % products for organic agriculturemarketed by Nefyto members

17 authorized / allowed in NLo.b.v. SKAL - Verordening 889/2008, RUB en Ctgb

RUB‐stoffen

Stoffen Nefyto‐deelnemers

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Nefyto Product Stewardship

Support Monitoring research of Bee Health

Customizedinformation

Continious improval of PPP application:• Training • Farmyard Emission

Scan

Demofarms to show precisionfarming to public and politics

Agri Food Chain round table for plant protection

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Crop protection industry: committedand responsible

• Significant progress in products profile

• Solutions provider for any competitive andsustainable farming method

• One of the most regulated sectors

• A global R&D sector

• Increasingly active in public debate

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Plant protection and the supply of raw material:

• Please join the debate as a stakeholder

• Please raise your voice in the discussion

Thank you very much for your attention!