Pesticide Registration and Control Proclamation

The decree recognises the growing use of pesticides for improving agricultural outputs. It highlights the need to ensure the damage or adverse effects of the utilization of these pesticides on humans, animals, plants, and the environment is reduced to the bearable minimum. It addresses prohibition, registration, packaging, labelling, storage, and disposal of pesticides. The proclamation addresses the need for comprehensive legislation to regulate the manufacture, formulation, import, export, transport, storage, distribution, sale, use and disposal of pesticides and other related matters.