Project aims

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Project aims

• Assess obstacles to regulatory innovation for
  environmentally friendly pest control using
  biopesticides, making use of comparisons with
  experience elsewhere
• Assess benefit/cost contributions of
  biopesticides to sustainability
• To improve understanding of environmental
  behaviour of biopesticides

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Weak policy network

• Small industry largely made up of SMEs.
• Failure to appreciate politics of possible,
  seize windows of opportunity.
• IBMA does not have resources of crop protection
  industry, still undergoing organisational
  development.
• Little coalition building with environmental
  groups.

3
PSD changes

• Great strides made by PSD pilot project leads
  to Biopesticides Scheme, good example of
  regulatory innovation.
• Pre-submission meetings observed and are an
  important contribution for firms and PSD
• Many firms still not taking advantage of them
  outreach issues, suspicion remains
• Need a dedicated division within PSD on EPA model.

4
Mutual recognition (EU)

• Commission admits this is not working, although
  some progress is being made.
• We are supposed to have an internal market.
• Would help to overcome problem of small market
  size.
• Need to support 91/414 revision that creates
  three eco zones within EU.

5
Lessons from USA and Netherlands

• IR-4 programme in US, mission is to provide safe
  effective pest management solutions for growers
  of speciality crops.
• Biopesticides programme started in 1982, expanded
  in 1994.
• Funded 43 projects since 1994 amounting to
  2.85M, also gives regulatory advice.
• Works closely as a partner with EPA and supported
  growth of trade association.
• Genoeg scheme in Netherlands helps with
  registration costs

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Dissemination plans

• Website includes all papers presented
  http//www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/biopesticid
  es
• Outreach to stakeholders, 100 at conference at
  RASE, October 2006, icast video produced,
  presentation at Syngenta, further workshop
  October 2007
• Participation in REBECA
• Book and academic articles planned