Transitioning from pesticides to biopesticides

Transitioning from pesticides to biopesticides

"Considering the negative health, environmental and biodiversity impacts of pesticides, it is important to promote alternative crop production systems in agriculture relying on less or even no pesticides, and to address the challenges such dependency causes."
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Biocontrol: The Path to Reduction

03th April 2025

Mojgan Rabiey

Marisé Borja

Joana Cruz

Our Speakers:

Mojgan Rabiey is an Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick, UK.
Marisé Borja is the Manager for SynTech Global Regulatory Affairs Business Development.
Joana Cruz is the Soil Health and Function Laboratory Manager at Food4Sustainability.

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Pesticide-Free Future: Policy & Innovation

10th April 2025

Domenico Deserio

Ana Sofia Ferreira

José Rodrigues

Our Speakers:

Domenico Deserio is a Policy Officer at the European Commission (DG SANTE).
Ana Sofia Ferreira is a forestry technician at FSC Portugal.
José Rodrigues is a Soil Specialist at Food4Sustainability

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Pesticides & The Limits

17th April 2025

Helmut Burtscher-Schaden

Bárbara Godinho de Oliveira

Vera Silva

Our Speakers:

Helmut Burtscher-Schaden is a biochemist who works for the environmental organisation GLOBAL 2000 – Friends of the Earth Austria.
Bárbara Godinho de Oliveira is the Director of the Services for Means of Health Defense at DGAV.
Vera Silva is Project scientific manager of the H2020SPRINT project (Sustainable plant protection transition: A global health approach).

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Pesticide residues with hazard classifications relevant to non-target species including humans are omnipresent in the environment and farmer residences | DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108280

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