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inadequacies found in the previous inventory, which covered wastes under the
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security’s stocks. This inventory will take on
board wastes under the army, prisons and large farms. Furthermore, some of the
identified stocks from the previous inventory had vanished, case example is
stocks that were found at Mtibwa Sugar Company. The ASP will deal with stocks
and spillages only but not contaminated soils. It was then contributed that the
zonal managers of Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security will deal with
government stocks and NGOs will deal with small and large farms stocks, this
separation will have major positive impacts.
3.4.3 How International Agreements Can Prevent Local Pesticide
Problems: A Consolidated Guide to the Chemical Codes &
Conventions
Ms. Gretta Goldenman-ECOSPHERE
The presentation highlighted the history of Ecosphere and how it is connected to
PAN. The objectives for the Consolidated Guide are to increase understanding of
the Chemical Codes & Conventions and their processes, to provide a practical
guide for countries still building chemicals management capacity, to ease the
burden of implementation by simplifying obligations and highlighting synergies
and to create new opportunities for collaboration between NGOs & government
for joint strengthening of the regulatory regime for controlling hazardous
pesticides.
She informed the participants that the draft consolidated guide will be sent to
PAN UK & PAN Africa partners for local consultation and feedback in September
2005, the guide will then be tested during October to December 2005. The
revision of draft guide will be done on the basis of comments received. Peer
review will be done by international agencies and regulators in January 2006.
Revision of draft Guide will be done on the basis of peer review comments in
March 2006. Local implementation of the Guide will be conducted by PAN Africa
partners in April, May, and June 2006. She gave an outline of the guideline,
which is shown, in her paper on Appendix III.
After the presentation, one participant asked that the Guide that is developed by
Ecosphere will have impact with the present institutional infrastructure. Will the
guide include examples of Tanzania, and the reaction was that the guide will
include examples from Tanzania. It was then commended that pesticide can
assist in poverty alleviation only if it is a right chemical, applied in the right dose
in right manner and it is safe. The effects of DDT can be included in the case
studies while in the ASP inventory DDT will be included to evaluate its impacts if
found high DDT will be taken into account if not DDT subject will be dropped. On
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