IBMA Position on Revisions to the Directive for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (SUD)

IBMA supports the goal of the SUD of achieving the sustainable use of pesticides by promoting the use of integrated pest management (IPM), but to be effective, this must be through the mandatory full implementation of IPM.

Read IBMA Position Paper extensive version here

Bioprotection – biocontrol technologies – make a crucial contribution to the transition to more agroecological farming and so to the realization of the EU’s overarching Farm to Fork and Green Deal policy goals, including the 50 % reduction of use and risk of chemical and more hazardous pesticides, the 25 % share of organic farming and the 10% biodiversity areas within agricultural land, by 2030.

Read IBMA Press release – SUD Review –  Bioprotection-biocontrol technologies make a crucial contribution to the transition to more agroecological farming

For IBMA Members, please do answer to the public consultation, all the information to support you are available on this webpage

IBMA SUD


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