In March 2016, the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of
Agriculture of the People'e Republic of China (ICAMA) issued the notice to seek
for public opinions about the List of Combination of Special Micro Crops and
Pesticides.
There are 2,628 combinations of "crops + pesticides + insect
pests and plant diseases" included in the list. It is reported that along
with China’s strategic adjustment on its agricultural structure, micro crops
embrace rapid development based on their own unique advantages.
However,
affected by pests and plant diseases, both the yield and quality of micro crops
decline, which has been an increasingly outstanding problem in developing the
micro crops. Therefore, how to apply pesticides on micro crops scientifically
and safely is an important issue facing China and is also an issue to which pesticide registration & management departments should pay attention.
The
list will effectively advance China’s pesticide registration of micro crops and
it also symbolizes that the shortage of pesticides on micro crops will be
relieved effectively.
According to the released notice, ICAMA said that in order to accelerate the
pesticide registration on special micro crops and provide examples and guidance
for all provinces to test the pesticides used on special micro crops, it issued
the Notice to Collect Short-supplied Pesticides Used on Special Crops on
16 Sept., 2015 and ICAMA received plenty of feedbacks as R&D institutions,
pesticide enterprises and other sectors showed great concern on and actively
took part in the collection.
After that, ICAMA organized the experts who work
on managing vegetables, edible fungi, Chinese herbal medicines and pesticides
to demonstrate the list, and to supplement and complete the list after the
comprehensive knowledge about the tests and registrations of the pesticides
used on special micro crops in all provinces.
Finally, the list involving 2,628
combinations of "crops + pesticides + pests and plant diseases" was
completed and now ICAMA is seeking for public opinions about this list.
In China, there are a wide variety of micro crops and many of them are the
pillar industries in some areas. According to the survey conducted by the MOA,
there are nearly 150 common micro crops, including special vegetables, melons
and fruits, Chinese herbal medicine, edible fungi, coarse cereals and beans,
and oil plants, but there are over 200 kinds of insect pests and plant
diseases.
In recent years, although the planting of micro crops in China is
more and more intensive and concentrated in large scale, the occurrence of
insect pests and plant diseases on some micro crops is increasingly frequent
and serious because of the short supply of suitable pesticides, the pesticide
misusing, the pesticide abusing and the lack of alternative formulations.
This
not only will affect the safety production of the micro crops, but also will
impose a severe threat on the quality safety of the micro crops.
Experts analyzed that there are two reasons responsible for the fact that the
registration of micro crops is disproportional to the development of micro
crops.
Firstly, it is the economic benefits. The planting areas of common staple crops
are more than 666,666 ha (10 million mu), while most micro crops only spread in
one or two provinces. Therefore, related amount of pesticides applied on micro
crops is very small.
Besides, the occurrence of insect pests and plant diseases
in different areas is different, which is hard for pesticide producers to make
sure the output of pesticides. If the pesticides produced are not applicable to
the local crops, producers even risk being accused of producing fake and
poor-quality products, so many pesticide producers are unwilling to apply for
the registration of micro crops.
Secondly, the amount of pesticide residue on micro crops has not been
stipulated yet, even there isn’t any scientific or just judgments in the
international market. Thus, it is prone to do harm to the safety of customers
and arouses disputes. In addition, due to the high costs on pesticide test and
registration and the small sales volume of products, pesticide enterprises are
unwilling to register micro crops as well.
In the face of the disproportion between the pesticide registration and
development of micro crops, Chen Youquan, deputy director of the Planting
Industry Management Department of the MOA, ever said on the 8th China
High-level Forum on Pesticides held in Liuzhou City, Guangxi Province on 17
Sept., 2015, "In terms of the registration of micro crops, MOA was going
to relieve the burden on pesticide enterprises through formulating the list and
encouraging enterprises to register micro crops".
Chen Youquan also detailed the formulation of the list . It is that the MOA
will adhere to the principle of highlighting the key points, tackling down the
easy obstacles before the difficult ones and advancing the work steadily, and carrying
out surveys on the variety of micro crops and on the pesticide application in
controlling insect pests and plant diseases.
Through the surveys, the MOA can
determine the catalog of micro crops and explicitly classify the catalog of
insect pests and plant diseases in groups. It will also help the registered
pesticides in the same group to get crop-expanded registration and even will
encourage related institutions and pesticide enterprises to launch combined
tests.
To be specific, the MOA will arrange special funds and organize all provinces
to conduct surveys on the variety of micro crops, the occurrence of insect
pests and plant diseases and the pesticide application. It will draw up the Catalog
for the Short-supplied Pesticides on Micro Crops and Insect Pests & Plant
Diseases, and lead all provinces to carry out the pesticide registration test
on micro crops.
Also, it will arrange experts to study on the groups of micro
crops and related insect pests & plant diseases and to formulate the Catalog in
Group for the Insect Pests and Plant Diseases on Micro Crops. The MOA will
select a batch of registered pesticides to get crop-expanded registration in
group. In regard to those pesticides failing to go through the group
registration, the MOA will implement combined tests and collect the pesticide
residues and the test data of the pesticide effect.
After that, it will handle
special cases with special methods and concentrate the appraisals to speed up
the examination and approval.
Now as the ICAMA publicized the list, China’s pesticide registration and the
development of micro crops are expected to progress ahead
This article comes from Insecticides China News 1604, CCM
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