WEEK WITHOUT PESTICIDES
Lusine Nalbandyan
Yerevan, 2010
The Week Without Pesticides:
Aims to inform the civil society about the environmental and
health issues connected with the use of pesticides and to
certify that the alternatives for pesticides are available
Due to weeds, pests and diseases the world
production of crops annually suffers 40 % loss
CropLife America
Week
Without
Pesticides
Week Without Pesticides in
Armenia
Open Lesson “The Pesticides and our
Reality” at the ASAU
Basic Information on Plants Protection
Without Pesticides in Armenia
 RA
is not supporting non-chemical pest management
according to Article 3.9 of the Code of Conduct
 RA has no crop specific IPM standards for main crops
 RA is not invested in training programs for nonchemical pest management
 RA has no financial public support programmes for
non-chemical agriculture
Legislative Field
RoA Law on Organic Agriculture adopted on
08.04.2008
RoA Governmnet decision on:

Establishment of the delivery order of certificate of compliance in the field of
agriculture

Approval of a nominal list of allowable and limited allowable for use
compounds, including pesticides, means of soil structure improvement,
fertility raising, plant protection and disinfection and about the establishment
of application order

Establishment of the order of organic agriculture management, production,
processing the produce in an organic way, packaging, storage,
transportation and realization of plants and products of plant origin, animal
husbandry and products of cattle breeding ( including the apiary produce)

Establishment of an emblem of compliance of the organic agricultural
produce, certificate of compliance and the certificate forms of compliance of
the production methods used in organic agriculture
Situation in Public Sector
 Several
NGOs are active in the development of the
organic and sustainable agriculture in rural
communities
 Goal of the AWHHE NGO
To study the possibilities of reducing the use of
pesticides and developing organic agriculture in
rural communities of Armenia
Raising Awareness Among
Villagers Through Information
and Education Campaigns
Preparation and dissemination of
information materials
Alternative Agriculture in Experimental
Fields and Orchards
Study
Study and Application of IPM Approach
in Project Villages
•Curing of trees using
plant tinctures instead of
pesticides
Pest Control by using plant liquid -tinctures
from wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
and milfoil (Achillea millefolium)
composition: 10 litres of water to 1 litre of
plant tincture
Milfoil
Wormwood common
Field days during the
treatment
Hunting belts against insects
Biological (pheromone) traps were
hanged in each orchard against
(Laspeyresia) seedworm
Agricultural centers in villages for
implementing non-chemical
methods of plants
protection
Thank You!