The EU Minor Uses Coordination Facility has started
Since 2011-09-01, EPPO is hosting the EU Minor Uses Coordination Facility and Mr Jeroen Meeussen has taken up his duty to coordinate this new network. Minor uses of pesticides are uses on niche crops with a high economic value for farmers, but usually of low economic interest for the agro-pesticide industry, and also uses on pest problems which are not routinely encountered. The mission of the Coordination Facility is 'to enable farmers in the EU to produce high quality crops by filling minor uses gaps through efficient collaboration to improve availability of chemical and non-chemical tools within an integrated pest management (IPM) framework’. This new Coordination Facility is jointly funded by the EU and the governments of France, Germany and the Netherlands.
More information about the EU Minor Uses Coordination Facility can be found on its new website which was launched in early November 2015.
Contact:
Mr Jeroen Meeussen (coordinator)
European Union Minor Uses Coordination Facility
21 boulevard Richard Lenoir, 75011 Paris, France
E-mail jeroen.meeussen@minoruses.eu
Phone +33(0)1 84 79 07 55 (direct line)/+33(0)7 60 82 22 36 (mobile)
Sources
EPPO Secretariat (2015-11).