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    The course series “Responsible use of pesticides” describes FAO’s holistic approach to pesticide management and commitment to sustainable crop production, intensification and diversification.

    The course series consists of the following two courses:

    Course

    Highly Hazardous Pesticides

    This course introduces the classification of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) including the systems used for identification, mitigation and the sourcing of alternatives.

    3 h

    Course

    Pesticide Registration Toolkit

    The course introduces the FAO Pesticide Registration Toolkit, a decision support system for pesticide registrars.

    2 h

    Each course concludes with a final test. A digital badge certificate is issued upon successful completion of the test.

    Depending on the interest of learners, the self-paced course series can be completed as a whole (which is preferable), or as individual courses (or lessons), taken independently.

    Throughout the course series, references are made to specific courses or lessons where certain subjects are covered more extensively. Each course takes the learner step-by-step through the learning content using interactive screens and is complemented by exercises and links to additional material and websites for further reading.