Africa

PARTIES

WORKSHOPS

COUNTRIES RECEIVED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

1776

PARTICIPANTS TRAINED

THEMATIC AREAS ADDRESSED

PROJECTS

PHOTOS

Field visit, community radio broadcast and group discussions with farmers on pesticide exposure and vulnerable groups in rural communities in Guinea Bissau in 2018

Photo: © Rotterdam Convention Secretariat

PHOTOS

Inception workshop for the identification of HHPs and SHPFs and the promotion of alternatives to hazardous chemicals for Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and Gabon in 2018

Photo: © Rotterdam Convention Secretariat

PHOTOS

Regional meeting on alternatives to fenthion for Quelea control for Botswana, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania in Sudan in 2017

Photo: © Rotterdam Convention Secretariat

PHOTOS

Algeria
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Chad
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Lybia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Total 57

National 32

Regional 18

Sub-Regional 7

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Rwanda
São Tomé and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Somalia
South-Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
United Republic of Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbawe

MALE

1081

FEMALE

695

1776

ALL

Promoting alternatives to the use of hazardous chemicals

Strengthening legislative framework on pesticide management

Elaboration of a national action plan to implement the Rotterdam Convention

Monitoring pesticide poisoning cases and Severely Hazardous Pesticides Formulation

Implementation and obligations of the Rotterdam Convention: Import responses, notification of final regulatory actions, export notifications

Trade Provisions

Fostering the process of ratification

République du Congo

June 2018 > April 2021

Appui au renforcement des capacités sur l'identification des pesticides sévèrement dangereux et la promotion des alternatives nécessaires

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health and Population.

Cameroun, Gabon et Guinée équatoriale

May 2018 > September 2020

Programme de renforcement des capacités des pays à identifier et faire le suivi des incidents relatifs aux préparations pesticides extrêmement dangereuses (pped) et hautement dangereux (hhp, highly hazardous pesticides) et promouvoir les alternatives nécessaires aux pped et hhp

Ministries of Agriculture, Environment and Health of the three target countries, African Center for Research on Bananas and Plantains (CARBAP).

Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe

May 2018 > April 2020

Promoting sound pest and pesticide management in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Ministries of health, agriculture and environment, National research centers and NGOs from each country and the pest and pesticide managament division of FAO (NSPCD)

Togo

August 2021 > July 2022

Go to the project

Pesticides risks management on the assessment on the environment in Togo.

Implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture (Environment Department) of Togo.

Rwanda

November 2019 > December 2020

Promotion of safer alternatives to Severely Hazardous Pesticides Formulartions (SHPFs) and creation of Organic crops producers Cooperatives for sale as Income Generating Activities IGA in Rwanda.

Ministry of Agriculture, Rwanda Agriculture Boards (RAB) and Rwanda Agricultural and livestock Inspection and Certification Services (RALIS).