Pesticide Risk Reduction Strategies
Stakeholders including growers, grower organizations, researchers, extension specialists and others are working in collaboration with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Pest Management Centre and Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency to develop and implement pesticide risk reduction strategies.
- What is a pesticide risk reduction strategy?
- Selecting Priorities for Strategy Development
- Strategy Development and Implementation
Downy mildew in cucumber (initiated in 2012)
Fusarium head blight in wheat
Integrated weed management in Field Vegetables
Reducing reliance on organophosphate insecticides for management of:
- Insect pests of field crops
- Insect pests of pome fruit
- Insect pests of root vegetables (initiated in 2012)
- Cabbage Maggot in Brassica Crops
Soil fumigant alternatives for soil borne pests (initiated in 2012)
White mould disease in field crops and carrots
Wireworm in Potato and Other Crops
For more information on any of the above listed strategies, please contact us.