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Pesticides
What are the keys to effectively combating illegal and counterfeit pesticides?
Counterfeit pesticides may contain less active substances, or co-formulants that are banned because of the risk to human health and the environment.
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Air and soil: a pesticide monitoring network
The SuRiPest project aims to set up a network to monitor the pesticide-related risks in air and soil.
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Spot-spraying for weed control
Using precision agriculture, InnovEau aims to combat the risk of groundwater contamination by plant protection products (PPPs).
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SuRiPest
Implement monitoring of pesticide-related risks in the environment (air, soil) (Measure 3.6.1.1 Situation analysis)
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Ways of producing quality fruit and vegetables with no use of Plant Protection Products
After three years of work and exchanges, the Interreg Zéro-Ph(fy)to F&L(G) project has ended on an encouraging note
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Assessing the risk of plant protection products transfer to the water resources
INDIC’eau enables farmers to estimate their use of pesticides and to identify possible improvements, thus reducing the pressure exerted on water
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DEPIPEST - Screening and confirmation of counterfeit pesticide formulations
Innovative methodology for screening by vibrational spectroscopy (MIR, RAMAN) and confirmation by chromatographic methods (GC, LC, MS).
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The CRA-W, key player in the standardisation of PPP analytical methods on seeds
Since 2012, the CRA-W has been collaborating in the development of an analytical method to determine plant protection products (PPP) on coated beet seeds.
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10 years of fruitful collaboration with CIPAC
CRA-W is a key player in the international standardisation of pesticide analysis methods