Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) in Agro-industrial and Smallholder Farming Systems in Kenya
- Johanna, Jacobi ORCID Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, Switzerland
- Boniface, Kiteme Centre for Training and Integrated Research in Arid and Semi-arid Land Development (CETRAD), Kenya
- Fabian, Ottiger ORCID Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland
- 2020-5-1
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Farms in the global South show heavy use of pesticides such as herbicides, insecticides and fungicides. Some of these substances are banned in Switzerland and the European Union but are often produced and exported from there. Our messages draw on research findings from Kenya. They make the link to international conventions, highlight alternatives to pesticide-intensive agricultural practices, and call for phasing out “highly hazardous” substances in line with human rights and the precautionary principle.
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