PESTICIDE USE IN COCOA

A Practical Guide for Training, Technical and Research Staff

Preface
Acknowledgment
1. Introduction
2. Risks to sustainable cocoa production
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 Risk and Hazard
3. Pesticides, SPS standards and their implementation
- 3.1 International pesticide regulation
- 3.2 Global trade and cocoa SPS regulations
- 3.3 GAP, IPM and RPU/RU in practice
- 3.4 Certification
4. Pesticides and their Properties
5. Managing Hazards and Residues
- Introduction
- 5.1 Classifying the hazards of pesticides
- 5.2 What are MRLs
  - Introduction
  - 5.2.1 Default MRLs
- 5.3 Measures of ‘safety’: ADI, ArFD, OELs,
- 5.4 Pesticide breakdown
- 5.5 Environmental aspects
- 5.6 Disposal of old stocks
- 5.7 RLs for cocoa: what will be assessed in practice
- 5.8 What can be done to mitigate residue problems
6. Application Methods for Cocoa
- Introduction
- 6.1 Application rate
- 6.2 Spraying equipment for field pests
- 6.3 Hydraulic (manual) sprayers and nozzles
- 6.4 Motorised mistblowers
- 6.5 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  - 6.5 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  - 6.5.1 Protection of the face and prevention of droplet inhalation
- 6.6 Mass spraying and service providers (SSP)
7. Good Agricultural Practices for Cocoa
- Introduction
- 7.1 Crop architecture
- 7.2 Field pest identification, damage and IPM
- 7.3 Pesticide selection
- 7.4 Application and Post-spray Evaluation
  - 7.4.1 Consider the issues discussed in Chapter 5: especially disposal of old stocks
  - 7.4.2 Review of Application Methods, PPE, Calibration and Spraying
- 7.5 Pesticide Containers and Hygiene
8. Good Warehouse Practices
9. Conclusions
APPENDIX 1: Technical Abbreviations
APPENDIX 2: Organisational Responsibilities for Cocoa Quality by Country
APPENDIX 3: Indicative list of AI of registered products in some major cocoa-growing countries
APPENDIX 4: Pesticide lists
APPENDIX 5: Web sites of organisations providing further information

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2. Risks to sustainable cocoa production

2.1 Overview

This chapter highlights some of the major global issues that threaten the sustainability of cocoa production.

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