OECD Guidance Document on Defining Minor Uses of Pesticides
Minor use is the use of chemical pesticides or non-chemical means of crop protection
where the potential use is on a scale not sufficiently large to justify registration
of that use from an applicant’s perspective alone. Typically minor uses involve crops
grown on a small scale (minor crops) and often are high value specialty crops. Additionally
minor uses can involve uses within major crops in terms of controlling minor pests
and diseases. This results in a situation where specialty crop industries are either
without or are lacking sufficient access to pesticides to adequately protect those
crops.
This Guidance for Defining Minor Uses of Pesticides is provided to encourage and enhance
member countries similarities in their approaches to defining minor uses, and to ensure
that those needs are appropriately regulated, managed and addressed in their respective
countries.
Published on September 03, 2014
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