Central Asia: FAO project aims to reduce contamination, promote sound use of pesticides
- Written by TCA
BISHKEK (TCA) — It is estimated that about half of the world’s obsolete pesticides can be found in the former Soviet Union, with many of them stored throughout Central Asia. As an important centre for agriculture, particularly cotton production, the region was a heavy user of pesticides. What remain are inappropriate burial sites, regulatory and management deficits, and other issues, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) says.
