2017 pesticide safe use training officially launched

On March 23, 2017, hosted by the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, undertook by the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Plant Protection General Station, Guilin Agriculture Bureau, Lingchuan County People’s Government, Lingchuan County Agriculture Bureau and Syngenta (China) Investment Co.
, Ltd.
The 2017 "National Pesticide Scientific and Safe Use Technology Training Launch Ceremony" co-organized by the company was held in Tanxia Town, Lingchuan County, Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
.
Director Wang Fengle and Deputy Director Xiong Yankun of the Pharmaceutical Equipment Division of the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, Huang Guangpeng, Director of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Plant Protection General Station, Cai Ligui, Director of the Guilin Agriculture Bureau, He Zu as the Deputy Director, and Zhang Wuming, Director of the Guilin Plant Protection Station and Syngenta China R&D Director Ou Yuefu and others attended the launching ceremony
.
About 100 people including family farmers, large growers, and distributors participated in the launching ceremony and participated in the scientific and safe use of pesticide technology training
.
Director Wang Fengle of the Medical Equipment Division of the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center stated at the launching ceremony: In order to further implement the concept of green development, promote the development of safe medication, and strengthen safe medication technology, the Ministry of Agriculture has launched 15,600 in more than 200 counties in 20 provinces across the country.
A total of 2.
48 million people were trained in a number of safe medication training activities
.
Since 2001, the Agricultural Technology Center has cooperated with Syngenta to carry out more than 8,800 training sessions, training about 500,000 person-times
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Safety medication training not only enhances farmers' awareness of safe medication use, and improves farmers' level of safe medication use, but also reduces pesticide accidents, protects the environment, and protects people's health
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In his speech at the conference, Yuefu, R&D director of Syngenta, said: Syngenta and its predecessor companies have cooperated with the Ministry of Agriculture to conduct safe medication training for more than 20 years, and Syngenta's training work has also been positively affirmed by the Ministry of Agriculture
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Syngenta's training on safe drug use not only covers the safe use of pesticides and the knowledge of pest control
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In the future, Syngenta will also incorporate knowledge of pesticide application technology and resistance management into the training content to truly achieve scientific and sustainable use of pesticides
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Leaders participating in the meeting also presented training materials such as the "Safe and Scientific Use of Pesticide Manual", "Pest Control Manual", protective clothing, protective masks and other training materials to farmers representatives
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After the kick-off ceremony, Syngenta’s trainers and experts explained the safe scientific use of medicines, safe storage of pesticides, and disposal of waste packaging to the participating growers and distributors.
The experts also explained the occurrence of major local citrus diseases and insect pests.
Targeted prevention and treatment programs
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