9.7 Roles and responsibilities
National organisations understood to be primarily responsible for pesticide registrations are:
| Country | Responsiv |
|---|---|
| Brazil | Ministério da Agricultura, Brasília |
| Cameroon | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER) (Department of Regulation and Quality Control of Inputs and Agricultural Products) |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Direction de la Protection des Végétaux, du Contrôle et de la Qualité, Ministère de l’Agriculture (DPVCQ/MINAGRI), Abidjan |
| Dominican Republic | Mostly organic production |
| Ecuador | Agencia de Regulacion y Control Fito y Zoosanitario (AGROCALIDAD) |
| Ghana | Environmental Protection Agency (Ministry of Food and Agriculture), Accra |
| Indonesia | Direktorat Jenderal Perlingdungan Tanaman Pangan, Departemen Pertanian, Jakarta |
| Nigeria | National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) HQ: Abuja; cocoa issues: Lagos office |
| Peru | Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria (SENASA) |
Your attention is drawn to comments made in section 5.6 concerning the avoidance of obsolete pesticide stocks.
Those responsible in cocoa growing countries are reminded that, for cocoa to be exported to the EU and elsewhere, the use of inappropriate pesticides must be phased out as quickly as possible.
