Welcome to those who recently joined the group!

Please share on the Discussion Stream about your work, organisations, as well as recent publications if any.

We would love to hear from you and explore possibilities to align and collaborate.

This week: French constitutional council has ruled against the reintroduction of acetamiprid, an insecticide product banned in the country a few years ago.

The product was said to be sought after by some beet and hazelnut growers, but the reintroduction plan of the insecticide was met with opposition from public health and environmental experts, as well as the general public.

What do you think about this?

Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff, AFP

This report indicates that there is demand among farmers to access loan/banking products that directly link to transition to safer alternatives, as it improves their soil health.

Successfully transitioning to a soil health system also improves net returns.

✅ Do you think this presents unique opportunities for banks/investors?

Read more in the link below.

💡 Explore a wide range of knowledge resources on agrochemicals and plastics management at the FARM Knowledge Hub. https://www.greenpolicyplatform.org/initiatives/gef-farm/knowledge

💡 If you're working in this field, we welcome your contributions! Share your publications in this group and we’d be happy to feature them, once reviewed for suitability and relevance.

What's your thoughts on "environmentally harmful agricultural subsidies"?

This report by TESS, curated at the FARM Knowledge Hub, discusses: "Recent studies have shown that a significant part of agricultural support relies on policy instruments that not only distort production and trade but also tend to generate increased greenhouse emissions and other environmental damages. In particular, they point to market price support, payments based on output, and input subsidies as potentially more harmful than other types of support measures. ... Further complicating the equation, subsidy programmes often involve trade-offs between different environmental objectives such as animal welfare or greenhouse gas emissions as well as broader public policy goals including rural development, employment and food or livelihood security for example. As a result, identifying ex ante the environmental effects of particular forms of support remains highly complex and subject to interpretation."

Read more in the link below.

? Explore a wide range of knowledge resources on agrochemicals and plastics management at the FARM Knowledge Hub. https://www.greenpolicyplatform.org/initiatives/gef-farm/knowledge

? If you're working in this field, we welcome your contributions! Share your publications in this group and we’d be happy to feature them, once reviewed for suitability and relevance.

Anyone attending the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development this week? ?

Would love to hear your experience and what you've learned there, particularly on any opportunities relevant to financing solutions that reduce reliance on harmful pesticides and agricultural plastics.

In the meantime, sharing some recordings from the conference in the link below.

Tackling Agricultural Plastics for a Circular Future: webinar slides and recording ?

Thank you to all the participants and speakers! The slides and recording of the webinar are attached to this post.

If you want to connect or have any questions for the presenters, please post them in the stream.

Speakers will respond to any comments posted until Friday, 27 June 2025. Ravinder Kumar; de LEPINAU Pierre; Zhen Li

Thank you.

Inviting you to hybrid events where FARM team will participate in the discussions as part of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) for the Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC) this week, 24–27 June 2025 in Uruguay.

If you are committed to sustainable global chemicals management in the agrifood sector, this is for you.