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"en.20030327.3.4-142"2
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". – The basic aim of the strategy is to reduce the impacts of pesticides on human health and the environment. Pesticides are expensive commodities and farmers only use them where necessary. We must not overlook the fact that pesticides play an important role in modern agriculture: using pesticides efficiently can increase crop yields and help maintain high standards of food quality and safety. Pesticides play an important role in these elements demanded by European consumers.
The suggestion to reduce pesticide use by 50% is not predicated upon any scientific data. It is a figure drawn from thin air which somehow gives the impression that pesticide use is inherently bad. This is clearly not the case.
Minimising risks can best be achieved by improving controls on the distribution and use of pesticides, as well as substituting the more dangerous substances with safer alternatives. Education and training programmes also play an important role in introducing alternative cultivation practices. And indeed, there is certainly potential for using CAP pillar II funds to this end.
We also need to remember that a regulatory framework for marketing and using plant protection products already exists under EU law. Any future strategy must remain compatible with the existing framework."@en1
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