Africa Stockpiles

CropLife is member of Africa Stockpiles programme

CropLife International is a full and actively participating member of the Africa Stockpiles Programme partnership. CropLife International has offered financial support to the Africa Stockpiles Programme for the destruction of government owned obsolete stocks of crop protection products, or pesticides, originally supplied by its member companies, once their quantities, condition, and status have been established. CropLife International is also interested in offering support and assistance in project planning and implementation, as well as training for obsolete stock prevention.

During the last 15 years, industry has participated in over 25 multistakeholder projects in 20 countries, in collaboration with over 30 organisations, leading to the safe disposal of an estimated 10,000 tonnes of obsolete stocks of crop protection products. More rapid progress has to date been limited by the availability of counterpart funding. The start of the Africa Stockpiles Programme, which seeks to safely dispose of an estimated 50,000 tonnes of obsolete stocks and associated wastes across the entire continent of Africa in a fifteen year timeframe and to put in place measures to prevent re-accumulation of obsolete stocks, hopefully signals a move to more international approach to addressing the issue.

CropLife leading companies together with Shell, working within the CropLife Obsolete Stocks Programme, have a well-publicised continuing commitment to the clean up of stocks of obsolete pesticides and to the prevention of new stockpiles. Globally the commitment is focussed on the safe destruction of stocks originally supplied by leading companies, through an agreed mechanism which finances the cost of incineration and, where appropriate, project facilitation. In the case of the Africa Stockpiles Programme, industry has made an additional commitment to finance expert Technical Assistance and Safeguarding activities, and is a key partner in the programme.

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- Africa Stockpiles Programme