CropLife International Annual Conference,

Brussels, 6 June 2002

CropLife International held its second Annual Conference in Brussels on 6 June 2002. Participants joined from not only the global plant science industry but also NGOs, international governmental organisations and media who have a stake in sustainable agriculture and development

The conference opened with a film showing various public-private partnership projects which have been set up around the world to find longterm sustainable solutions to agricultural problems.

Various members of the plant science industry then gave very short presentations of the various aspects of the complete life-cycle approach of crop protection products ranging from the manufacturing and research through integrated pest management (IPM), safe and responsible use of products, to training programmes and obsolete stock management.

Speakers from outside our industry then took the floor.  They were invited to the conference with the brief of commenting on and debating the activities of our industry, and to highlight the challenges and opportunities facing agriculture, the environment and sustainability today. Their interventions were extremely informative, educational and in some case entertaining, and provoked a wide range of questions and ideas for reflection.

A summary of the conference is available and can be downloaded  here.

You can also download the presentations of the various speakers.  Please click on the name of the speaker below to download the presentation as a pdf file.

Session 1: Stewardship and the Lifecyle approach in the Plant Science Industry

Overview of Stewardship and the Lifecycle approach in the Plant Science Industry - Lorne Hepworth, CropLife Canada

Manufacturing and Research - Patrick Lecoy, Dow AgroSciences

Integrated Pest Management - Eva Erisgen, BASF

Safe Use and Training - Alfredo Ruiz, CropLife Latin America

Container Management - Claude Gauchat, Avcare

Obsolete Stocks - Chris Waller, CropLife International

Views from Stakeholders

Mark Davis, Pesticide Action Network

Mario Pareja, Care International

Yahya Khamis Msangi, International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association (IUF)

Session 2: Sustainability, the Environment and Agriculture

Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Therèse St Peter, Syngenta Foundation

Kees Blokland, International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP)

Rachel Kyte, Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman of the World Bank Group (CAO/IFC)