Pest Management and Mineral Fertilizers Issues General remarks. The pest management issues which can be potentially raised by the Project may relate to possible direct purchasing or indirect effect of stimulating greater use of agro-chemicals associated with more intensive cultivation and/ or higher crop value under the subprojects to be financed. The objective of ESMF in this regard is to encourage adoption of Integrated Pest Management approach and increase beneficiaries’ awareness of pesticide-related hazards and good practices for safe pesticides use and handling. Pesticides prohibited for use by WHO50 should not be applied by the subproject implementers. The principles of the Integrated Pest management and rules for application of pesticides, their handling and storage are presented in Annex 9 of the document. Annex 10presents Recommended Structure of a Pest Management Plan (PMP) and Annex 11 presents recommended measures to control the potential risks with chemical fertilizer use.
