Guidelines for Personal Protection When Handling and Applying Pesticides: International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management

by Food and Agriculture Organization

This manual seeks to reduce exposure to pesticides thanks to effective personal protection, with special attention to the use of Personal Protective Equipment. In addition to providing technical information on personal protection and on the selection and use of relevant equipment, it addresses underlying policy issues. Typically, over 40 percent of the population in low and middle-income countries works in agriculture. Poverty, limited education and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9251320721
• ISBN13: 9789251320723
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FA
• Length: 70 Pages