PAN UK - Food and Fairness

	Food & Fairness - Case Studies Smallholders and pesticide issues in fresh fruit and vegetable supply chains, with a focus on Senegal. The horticulture case study explores issues of pesticide use by African smallholders in export and local markets; health concerns for farmers and consumers, residues found in African and European tomatoes; and strategies for building demand for safer pest management and IPM. Download PDF Reducing hazardous pesticide practice in coffee supply chains This case study looks at the approaches of six private, voluntary standards in coffee supply chains on controlling the use of hazardous pesticides and moving to safer pest management. It compares requirements on pesticide handling, prohibitions, use reduction, health and environmental protection, Integrated Pest Management and GM crops. Download PDF
	NEW Pesticides on a Plate A consumer guide to pesticide issues in the food chain. This 36pp booklet gives a simple overview for a non-technical audience on what pesticides are and the hazards they pose, with a focus on pesticide residues in food and how to avoid these. It also discusses how farmers and farm workers can be affected, particularly in developing countries, and the costs society pays for pesticide problems. What are pesticides? Why should I be concerned? How do I know what pesticides my food contains? How and why do pesticides end up in our food? How can we avoid pesticides ending up in our food? What about the effects on farmers and farm workers? What are supermarkets doing about this? Are pesticides in food and farming the only problem? Who should pay to solve these problems? Some good news stories What can I do personally? Download PDF here or to order hardcopies please send a self addresses envelope to Pesticides On A Plate, Ed Payne, PAN-UK, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A4JX
	NEW The Chemical Trap - Stories from African Fields This 40pp illustrated booklet provides insights into the health, welfare and financial impacts on African smallholders of their dependency on hazardous pesticides, in cash crops and in local food crops. It describes in a non-technical style and format findings from research by NGO partners in Benin, Senegal, Ghana and Ethiopia with farmers growing cotton, vegetables, fruit and staple cereals and legumes. Accompanied with colour photos showing farm families’ living conditions and farming practice, The Chemical Trap also shows that safer, more profitable livelihoods are possible, by promoting farmer training and market opportunities for organic and Integrated Pest Management produce. The booklet is suitable for development education, use in schools or colleges or for the general public. Download PDF here
	NEW 6 Food & Fairness Briefings PAN UK has published six briefings in the Food & Fairness series, addressing pesticide use issues of relevance to food companies, NGOs, African pesticide regulators and donors. The topics cover: Which Pesticides Are Banned in Europe - update April 2008 Pesticide Food and Drink Poisoning in Africa The FAO Pesticide Code of Conduct: New Responsibilities for Food Sector Companies Hidden Costs of Pesticide Use in Africa Pesticides, Immune Suppression and HIV/AIDS Hazardous pesticides and health impacts in Africa
	NEW Pesticide News Articles Issue Number 75 - Weaver ants help farmers to capture organic markets Issue Number 76 - Farmer field schools deliver results in Iran - Bio-intensive pest management reduces pesticide use in India Issue Number 77 - Senegalese farmers discuss pesticide issues - Web to field to web- a web resource for remote rural areas Issue Number 78 - Learning lessons from African supply chains - Farmers field schools reap long-term rewards - Book reviews on smallholders in modern supply chains

Pesticides News issue 71, March 2006, featured a special issue on topics relevant to Food & Fairness. More recent issues also feature articles, see below.


	Pesticides News No. 71
	Editorial Chilean farmworker poisonings (page 16) Lives corrupted by agrochemicals (page 17) Legal contamination of fruit and vegetables (page 3) Austrian NGO’s supermarket pesticide reduction campaign (page 5) Dutch supermarket residue campaign (page 6) Sustaining Kenyan smallholders in fresh produce markets (page 10) European standards affect African growers (page 14) Challenges for safer smallholder horticulture in Senegal (page 12)
	Pesticides News No 73
	Foreign donors help small ACP growers meet European standards (page 16) Better health, more wealth: the impacts of farmer training in developing countries (page 18)
	Pesticides News No 74
	Senegalese farmers visit Europe (page 20)