PAN Reports, Manuals and Guides

Pesticides and Food

Food for Thought (2017)

Children in England are being exposed to a cocktail of pesticide residues in the fresh produce they receive through the Department of Health’s School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme (SFVS).

Food for Thought

Pesticides in Your Daily Bread (2014)

A consumer guide to pesticides in bread.
Find further details about the effects of pesticides on health here.

Pesticides in Your Daily Bread (2014)

Pesticides on a Plate (2013)

A consumer guide to pesticide issues in the food chain.
Find further details about the effects of pesticides on health here.

Pesticides on a Plate (2013)

Pesticides on a Plate (2007)

A consumer guide to pesticide issues in the food chain.
Find further details about the effects of pesticides on health here.

Pesticides on a Plate (2007)

The Alternative Pesticide Residues Report (2005)

What the government doesn’t tell us about pesticides in our food.

The Alternative Pesticide Residues Report 2005

Pesticides and Health

SHPF Toolkit (2017)

SHPF Toolkit

Paraquat – Adverse Health Effects (2017)

The Adverse Health Effects of Paraquat

Read our blog post about paraquat here.

Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs)

Highly Hazardous Pesticides (2019)

Highly Hazardous Pesticides - March 2019

Glyphosate Monograph (2016)

Glyphosate Monograph

Pesticides and Cotton

Farmers’ friends and cotton pests (2018)

Identification guide for Ethiopian cotton fields

Insect Identification Guide for Ethiopian Cotton Fields

Download the guide in Amharic here.

Is cotton conquering its chemical addiction?

Revised June 2018

Is cotton conquering its chemical addiction - full revised report - June 2018

Read more about our work in cotton here.

Sustainable Cotton Ranking (2017)

Assessing Company Performance

Sustainable Cotton Ranking 2017 - Assessing Company Performance

Read more about our work in cotton here.

Cotton Without Highly Hazardous Pesticides – An Ethiopian Experience (2017)

Cotton without highly hazardous pesticides - an Ethiopian experience

2000 smallholder cotton farmers in Southern Ethiopia have adopted our sustainable farming methods and are achieving average yields over 100% higher than before.

Find further details of our work with cotton farmers here.

Sustainable Cotton Ranking (2016)

Assessing Company Performance

Sustainable Cotton Ranking 2016 - Assessing Company Performance

Read more about our work in cotton here.

Living with Poison

Problems with endosulfan in West African cotton growing systems

Living with Poison

Pesticides and International Policy

Unblocking the Rotterdam Convention

2023

Unblocking the Rotterdam Convention

Consolidated Guide to Chemical Codes and Conventions

2008

Consolidated guide to chemical codes and conventions

Bees and Other Pollinator Factsheets

Bee Factsheet 10
Bee Factsheet 9
Bee Factsheet 8
Bee Factsheet 7
Bee Factsheet 6
Bee Factsheet 5
Bee Factsheet 4
Bee Factsheet 3
Bee Factsheet 2
Bee Factsheet 1
Bee Factsheet 9

Pesticide Alternatives

NOTE: These are our major resources on alternatives. Find out more about our work on alternatives (and search by topic) here.

Food Spray Manual (2016)

PAN UK began working with Integrated Pest Management expert, Robert Mensah, ten years ago to develop a food spray, using cheap and locally available materials, to enhance populations of beneficial insects in smallholder cotton fields in Africa.

The Food Spray Manual - A Guide for Trainers

Find further details of our work with cotton farmers here.

Alternative methods in weed management to the use of glyphosate and other herbicides (2023)

A comprehensive guide to managing weeds without the use of glyphosate and other herbicides.

Alternative methods in weed management to the use of glyphosate and other herbicides

Alternatives to Highly Hazardous Pesticides (2017)

A short guide using case studies to describe alternative methods for managing pests, crop diseases or weeds in coffee, cotton, horticulture and cereal production in tropical and temperate regions.

Alternatives to Highly Hazardous Pesticides

Replacing Chemicals with Biology (2015)

Phasing out highly hazardous pesticides with agroecology.

Replacing chemicals with biology - phasing out highly hazardous pesticides with agroecology

What are the seven components of agroecology? Find out here.

Ecosystem Services Walks – Experiences in Ethiopia

A PAN UK output for the Darwin Initiative project Pesticide Impacts on Biodiversity in Ethiopia & Agroecological Solutions (2013-2015)

Ecosystem Services Walks - Our experiences in Ethiopia

How to run an Ecosystem Service Walk

Guidance on how to run an ecosystem services walk.

Guidance on how to run an ecosystem services walk

Low danger pest control for communities

This is a booklet to help communities control pests without the use of chemicals.

Low Danger Pest Control Booklet for Communities