| Press Release 18 June Hi-tech agriculture essential to address global food security challenge |
18 Jun 2010 |
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Strategies to reduce food waste, change dietary habits and improve the infrastructure for global food distribution have a key role to play, but ultimately our ability to feed a rapidly increasing world population depends on producing significantly more food, on less land and using fewer natural resources.
That was the key message delivered earlier this week by Dominic Dyer, at a seminar organised by the Westminster Food and Nutrition Forum
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| Press Release Industry leaders call on UK Government to prevent ‘crop protection crunch’ |
11 Jun 2010 |
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The coalition Government has been urged by farming industry leaders to recognise the strategic importance of crop protection within the UK farming and food supply chain.
Speaking at Cereals event in Cambridgeshire, CPA chief executive Dominic Dyer highlighted the vital role of modern crop protection products in preventing crop losses of 30-40% by protecting crop yields against weed competition and damage caused by pests and diseases.
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| CPA Press Release 13th May 2010 - New EU pesticide rules are major challenge to food exporters in developing countries |
14 May 2010 |
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By restricting the use of key crop protection tools, new EU rules on pesticide approvals could have a significant impact on the future development of agriculture and food production in developing countries such as South Africa.
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| CPA Presss Release - Study highlights the dangers of pigeonholing organic farming as being the sole way of preserving biodiversity |
7 May 2010 |
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The Crop Protection Association has welcomed the findings of new research from the University of Leeds, which concludes that more intensive farming systems – rather than organic methods – offer the most effective way to meet future food production demands while protecting farmland wildlife and biodiversity.
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| CPA Press release 7th May 2010 - New guide advises how to ‘Bee-careful’ when spraying |
7 May 2010 |
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Protecting the health and welfare of bees given their importance as pollinators is central to a new guide launched by the Crop Protection Association.
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| CPA Press Release - 22nd April 2010 - Organic sector wrong to downplay food security challenge |
23 Apr 2010 |
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Ensuring the world produces enough food to feed an increasing population affordably is one of this century’s most important global challenges, and whether agricultural productivity needs to increase by 70% or 100% by 2050, relieving hundreds of millions of people from poverty and malnutrition will require a second Green Revolution and a recognition that debates for or against particular farming systems and technologies are for the past.
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| The Future Demand for Food: Not an Issue to be Minimised |
22 Apr 2010 |
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The Soil Association has accused those who suggest that global demand for food is likely to double by 2050 of a misreading of the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation’s 2006 report World Agriculture: Towards 2030/50 and getting their ‘facts wrong’! When it comes to forecasts there are no ‘facts,’ just the probability of alternative outcomes
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| Sunday Times Supplement - Pastures of plenty |
19 Apr 2010 |
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Years of debate about agricultural practices have left science on one side and green on the other. But growing demand for food may mean we need both. Wendy M. Grossman looks inside the toolbox.
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| CPA Press Release - 23rd February 2010 - Communication vital to avoid crop protection crunch |
23 Feb 2010 |
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Dominic Dyer, Crop Protection Association CEO, told a major international gathering of agriculture and chemical industry leaders at the Informex Exhibition in San Francisco last week that the adoption of restrictive new EU legislation on pesticide approvals should be a wake up call for the crop protection industry on the need for a more effective communication strategy to promote the value of pesticides to the global food chain.
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| BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today - 11th February 2010 |
11 Feb 2010 |
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Dominic Dyer and Georgina Downs.
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| CPA Press Release - New rules on pesticide use will bring other EU countries into line with UK standards - 9th Feburary 2010 |
10 Feb 2010 |
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The Crop Protection Association (CPA) has welcomed a 12-week consultation launched today on options to implement new EU pesticide rules as a key opportunity to recognise and build on the high stewardship standards already in place in the UK, and to ensure a level-playing field across the rest of the EU.
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| CPA Press Release - CROP PROTECTION CEO DOMINIC DYER AWARDED ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS FELLOWSHIP 9th February 2010 |
9 Feb 2010 |
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The prestigious Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has elected Crop Protection Association chief executive Dominic Dyer a Fellow of the Society.
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| CPA Press Release - Agricultural innovation is key to climate change action - 22nd January 2010 |
22 Jan 2010 |
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The Crop Protection Association has welcomed a new report1 from WWF-UK and the Food Climate Research Network as an important step forward in questioning the widely held belief that organic production alone holds the key to combating climate change in the agriculture and food production sector.
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| Fresh Produce Journal - 15th January 2010 - Food 2030 Significance Not to be Underrated |
15 Jan 2010 |
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We should not underestimate the significance of the Government’s Food 2030 strategy launched by Environment Secretary Hilary Benn at this year’s Oxford Farming Conference. The strategy document itself drew a mixed reaction, with critics quick to highlight a lack of new policy ideas or initiatives. But to my mind they are missing the point.
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| Spiked debate - 4th January 2010 - What's the Future of Food? - We need to embrace modern technology |
13 Jan 2010 |
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While I've worked for the UK Crop Protection Association for the pas 18 months, I've worked in a wide variety of areas within the food and agriculture business, including organic and wholefoods. As a result, I don't have a one-dimensional outlook on the future of food.
Dominic Dyer
Chief executive,
Crop Protection Association
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| CPA Press Release - 12th December 2009 - Agricultural innovation must be central to climate change talks in Copenhagen |
11 Dec 2009 |
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Crop Protection Association (CPA) chief executive Dominic Dyer has called on global leaders meeting in Copenhagen to put agriculture at the heart of the debate, and recognise the vital role of innovative crop production tools - including pesticides - in meeting the combined challenges of climate change and food security.
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| CPA Amenity Sector Press Release - 9th December 2009 - New booklet aimed at amenity pesticide users reinforces duty of care |
9 Dec 2009 |
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A practical new guide that aims to ensure pesticide users in the amenity sector understand their duty of care and the need for ‘best practice’ at all times has been launched by the Crop Protection Association (CPA).
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| CPA Press Release - Organic sector urged to keep an ‘open mind’ on new crop technologies - 4th December 2009 |
4 Dec 2009 |
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Faced with the enormous challenges of feeding a growing world population, coping with climate change and safeguarding precious oil and water resources, Crop Protection Association chief executive Dominic Dyer has called on organic industry leaders to stop demonising pesticides and GM crops.
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| CPA Press Release - Moscow Food Summit - 19th November 2009 |
19 Nov 2009 |
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Anti-science fears risk EU food industry competitiveness
Food industry leaders who gathered in Moscow for the annual Adam Smith Institute Agri-Food Summit on Monday were warned of the critical importance of a productive, science-based farming sector to the future success of Europe’s €900 billion food and drink industry.
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| BCPC Congress and Exhibition - 9th to 11th November 2009 |
14 Oct 2009 |
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Being held at Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow, the programme for this year’s BCPC Congress and Exhibition has been tailored to meet the demands of the rapidly changing global crop production industry and set against the background of a world demanding 50% more food; 39% more water and 50% more energy by 2030.
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| CPA Press Release - 9th October 2009 - Food policy leaders unite in call for action on food security |
9 Oct 2009 |
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Meeting global food needs will require effective action on a range of policy fronts, including the use of science to boost productive, resource-efficient agriculture, the promotion of sustainable consumption and continued support for international development objectives.
Those were the key messages delivered at high-level meeting of food policy experts hosted by the Crop Protection Association at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester yesterday (8 October).
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| Conservative fringe - The Perfect Storm: tackling the global food security crisis |
8 Oct 2009 |
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Thu, 8 October 2009 | DeHavilland Report - Event
Summary
Agriculture Ministers must engage far earlier on European agricultural regulations, James Paice insisted today.
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| CPA Press Release - 30th September 2009 - Pesticide residue report confirms effectiveness of industry stewardship |
30 Sep 2009 |
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The 2008 annual survey of pesticide residues in food and drink has confirmed that almost 99% of more than 4,000 samples tested either contained no residues or contained residues within maximum residue levels (MRLs).
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| CPA Press Release - 25th September 2009 - New EU pesticide rules directly at odds with global needs – Crop Protection Association |
25 Sep 2009 |
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As UN leaders call for a 70% increase in agricultural productivity by 2050 to cope with a growing world population, the EU Council of Ministers yesterday adopted a new Pesticide Authorisation Regulation which will seriously undermine European farmers’ ability to respond.
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| CPA Press Release - 21st September 2009 - The Perfect Storm: tackling the global food security crisis |
23 Sep 2009 |
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As the world’s leading scientists and economists become increasingly alarmed by impact of rapid population growth on food, energy and water supplies over the next 20 years
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| Farmers Weekly Interactive - 21st September 2009 |
23 Sep 2009 |
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Experts meet to tackle food security
21/09/2009 10:50:00
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| CPA Press Release 23rd September 2009 - EU agriculture needs science-based policies to tackle food security and climate change threat |
23 Sep 2009 |
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The urgent need for science-based decision-making at an EU level was the central theme of a major debate on the importance of pesticides in tackling the food security threat at a key industry gathering in Barcelona on 23 September.
Hosted by the Crop Protection Association, the debate took place at the AgChem Forum on the eve of the adoption of the controversial new EU Pesticide Authorisation Regulation.
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| VOLUNTARY INITIATIVE AND ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Press Release - 28th August 2009 |
1 Sep 2009 |
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VOLUNTARY INITIATIVE AND ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AGREE PARTNERSHIP FOR PESTICIDES AND WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE
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| BBC Online - The Green Room |
25 Aug 2009 |
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Link below to Dominic Dyers article on food supplies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8218364.stm
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| Letter published in The Telegraph - Wednesday 5th August 2009 - Misleading claims on the credentials of food marketed as organic |
5 Aug 2009 |
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SIR – Having worked closely with the organic industry for almost a decade, as a civil servant in the Ministry of Agriculture (as it was) and in running the Food and Drink Federation's organic industry group, I believe that the growth in the organic food sector has brought many benefits to farmers round the world.
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| Press coverage - Food Standards Agency review on Organic food |
30 Jul 2009 |
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Links to press coverage on the Food Standards Agency review on Organic food
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| CPA Press Release 29th July 2009 - CPA supports MPs’ call for scientific advice to be strengthened |
29 Jul 2009 |
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The Crop Protection Association has welcomed a new report from the House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee which calls for independent scientific advice to be strengthened within Government policy-making.
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| Food Standards Agency review on organic food |
29 Jul 2009 |
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Speaking today regarding the FSA review, Dominic Dyer, Chief Executive of the CPA said "We welcome the FSA report which adds to a growing mountain of evidence that proves organic food is not any healthier than conventionally grown produce. Food manufacturers and retailers should avoid misleading consumers by making health claims for organic food which cannot be supported by scientific evidence"
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| Press coverage - EFRA Committee report |
27 Jul 2009 |
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Links to press coverage
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| CPA Press Release - 21st July 2009 - EFRA Committee must focus on regulatory barriers to food security goals. |
21 Jul 2009 |
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Welcoming today’s food security report from the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, CPA chief executive Dominic Dyer has called for a follow-up inquiry into the negative impact of EU regulations in stifling technological innovation in agriculture.
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| CPA Press Release - 20th July 2009 - Prince of Wales ‘out of touch’ with food security threat – CPA |
20 Jul 2009 |
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The Crop Protection Association has expressed dismay at the Prince of Wales’ continued vilification of modern farming practices, describing his views as ‘out of touch’ with the enormous challenge of securing the world’s future food needs.
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| Press coverage - CPA Press Release - Prince of Wales |
20 Jul 2009 |
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Links to press coverage
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| Press coverage - Parliamentary factsheet - POST |
14 Jul 2009 |
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"New Parliamentary factsheet on Crop Protection"
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| New Parliamentary factsheet on crop protection – CPA response 13th July 2009 |
13 Jul 2009 |
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The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) recently issued a new factsheet (postnote 336) dealing with the issue of crop protection and the potentially damaging impact for UK agriculture and horticulture of the new EU Regulation on pesticide authorisations.
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| Press coverage regarding - The judgement in Georgina Downs V Defra |
8 Jul 2009 |
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Links to press coverage in The judgement in Georgina Downs V Defra
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| CPA Press Release 7th July 2009 - Judgement in Georgina Downs -V- DEFRA |
7 Jul 2009 |
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PESTICIDES APPEAL RULING IS VICTORY FOR COMMON SENSE
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| BBC Southern Counties Radio interview with Dominic Dyer 17th June 2009 |
17 Jun 2009 |
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Broadcast on: BBC Southern Counties, 7:00am Wednesday 17th June 2009
Available until: 10:02am Wednesday 24th June 2009
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| Farmers Weekly Interactive - 10th June 2009 |
11 Jun 2009 |
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Cereals 2009: Industry shares its views on prior notification
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| Press Release - The end of IPU - 30 June 2009 |
5 Jun 2009 |
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The Crop Protection Association (CPA) is reminding the arable industry that a total ban on the use and storage of the herbicide IPU (isoproturon) comes into force on 30th June 2009.
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| CPA Statistical Data 2008 |
28 May 2009 |
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| A report of the Pesticides Forum |
13 May 2009 |
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The 2008 report on the impacts and sustainable use of pesticides
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| Annual Report 2008 - 2009 |
11 May 2009 |
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| BBC Radio 4 Farming Today 1st May 2009 |
1 May 2009 |
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Bees and Neo-Nics
Debate with Emma Hockridge - Soil Association and Julian Little - Bayer CropScience Limited
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| Horticultural Week - 17th April 2009 |
17 Apr 2009 |
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Safety focus for new pesticides body
A greater emphasis on regulation enforcement could benefit the industry. Magda Ibrahim reports.
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| Farmers Weekly - 17th April 2009 |
17 Apr 2009 |
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Back science to feed the world
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| International Supermarket news March 09 - Pesticides part of food miles mix |
1 Apr 2009 |
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Pesticides part of food miles mix by Dominic Dyer, Chief Executive of the UK Crop Protection Association If we were to include a map of the world in our shopping basket, we would be surprised by how far many products have travelled.
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| CPA Press Release - 1st April 2009 |
1 Apr 2009 |
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Crop Protection Association (CPA) appoints new Secretariat to the CPA Amenity Group
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| Letter to Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP 10th Feburary 2009 |
11 Feb 2009 |
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EC Pesticide Authorisation Regulation
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| Crops 7th Feburary 2009 - Podium Dominic Dyer |
10 Feb 2009 |
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Fight to keep derogation broad
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| Chatham House Report - Food Futures: Rethinking UK Strategy |
9 Feb 2009 |
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Chatham House Report
Susan Ambler-Edwards, Kate Bailey, Alexandra Kiff, Tim Lang, Robert Lee, Terry Marsden, David Simons, Hardin Tibbs, February 2009
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| BBC News Channel - 16th Feburary 2009 |
9 Feb 2009 |
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MEPs have voted overwhelmingly to control the use of pesticides.
Janet Barrie asks two MEPs for their reaction:
British Conservative NEIL PARISH
German Green HILTRUD BREYER
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| CPA Press Release 16th January 2009 |
20 Jan 2009 |
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Crop Protection Association leads food chain meeting with Hilary Benn to discuss impact of new EU pesticide rules
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| The World of Food Ingredients - Protectors in Danager article |
16 Jan 2009 |
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An EU-wide impact assessment of the proposal for the placing of plant protection products on the market is urgently needed to avoid serious damage to Europe’s food and farming sectors.
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| BBC Radio 4 - Costing the Earth - 5th January 2009 21:00 |
5 Jan 2009 |
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Dominic Dyer taking part in tonights BBC Radio 4 Costing the Earth programme
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| CPA Press Release - The Crop Protection Association launches new guide to pesticides |
22 Dec 2008 |
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The Crop Protection Association (CPA) today launches its new guide “An Introduction to Plant Protection Products” which outlines the key role of plant protection in producing safer more nutritious food, tackling climate change and preserving the natural environment.
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| CPA Press Release - UK must secure an impact assessment on new EU pesticide legislation |
19 Dec 2008 |
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Key UK food chain organisations are pressing the government to ensure the EU’s proposed new Pesticide Authorisation Regulation is not implemented without a full EU wide impact assessment.
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| CPA Press release - BCPC and RASE write to EU Ombudsman |
15 Dec 2008 |
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BCPC and RASE have written to the EU Ombudsman regarding the EU Commissions failure to complete an appropriate impact assessment on the Proposal for a regulation concerning placing of PPPs on the market.
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| Minister's Letters |
9 Dec 2008 |
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Correspondence between CPA and ministers regarding 91/414/EEC Cut Off Criteria
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| The PSD’s updated impact assessment |
3 Dec 2008 |
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| CPA Press Release - 3rd December 2008 |
3 Dec 2008 |
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NEW EUROPEAN PESTICIDE RULES POSE SERIOUS THREAT TO UK AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION AND WILL LEAD TO FURTHER FOOD PRICE INCREASES
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| NFU online – 19 November 2008 Letter to the national press about the use of pesticides |
19 Nov 2008 |
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This letter has been sent to nine national newspapers including The Times, Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Express, The Independent, Daily Mirror and The Sun following articles on Georgina Downs High Court case and the use of pesticides
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| Food Manufacture – 17th November 2008 |
17 Nov 2008 |
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Industry embarks on last-ditch attempt to derail pesticides Regulation
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| Horticulture Week – 17 November |
17 Nov 2008 |
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Current EU vote will impact fight against 80% pests and diseases
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| Farmers Weekly - 5th November 2008 |
6 Nov 2008 |
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MEPs vote for pesticide approvals concessions
Significant improvements have been made to the position adopted by the European parliament's environment committee regarding EU pesticides approvals legislation following their crucial vote on the issue today (5 November).
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| Front Page Daily Express 3rd November 2008 |
5 Nov 2008 |
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FRUIT AND VEG PRICES TO TRIPLE
Fury as new EU rules will bring more misery to struggling families
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| CPA Press Release 30th October 2008 |
30 Oct 2008 |
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Politics above science in EU crop production policy
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| PROPOSED EU LEGISLATION ON THE AUTHORISATION AND USE OF PESTICIDES - Updated July 2008 |
29 Oct 2008 |
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Summary
The crop protection industry’s aim is to maintain a workable and sustainable system of scientific, risk-based regulation, which protects people and the environment whilst ensuring that farmers have access to safe products so that consumers have a plentiful supply of affordable, fresh food.
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| Food Manufacturer – 27th October 2008 |
28 Oct 2008 |
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MPs thrash out details of pesticides Regulation
By Elaine Watson
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| Agrow - 24th October 2008 |
27 Oct 2008 |
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EU pesticide reforms spark fierce debate at AgChem Forum
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| Healthy Foods European Summit - 6th October 2008 |
24 Oct 2008 |
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Crop Protection Association Health Food Summit : Healthy Food Healthy Planet
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| CPA Press Release - 20th October 2008 |
21 Oct 2008 |
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No more tulips in Holland
Holland’s iconic tulip fields may not bloom for much longer if EU proposals to restrict pesticide approvals are accepted, a report published today by the Dutch Federation of Agriculture and Horticulture has highlighted.
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| CPA Press Release - 9th October 2008 |
10 Oct 2008 |
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Crop prices set to rise up to 70% due to EU pest management restrictions
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| Articles in FarmBusiness 3rd October 2008 |
8 Oct 2008 |
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Article - Don't throw out the baby with the bath water! - Dominic Dyer
Article - Crop protection is a price that simply must be paid. - Professor Sean Rickard Cranfield University
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| Agchem Forum, Berlin 30th September 2008 |
2 Oct 2008 |
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The Chief Executive of the Crop Protection Association made a keynote presentation during the opening plenary session of the Infoma Ag chem Forum in Berlin on the 30 September.
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| CPA Press Release - 30th September 2008 |
1 Oct 2008 |
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Prime Minister called to intervene against further food price rises
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| Letter sent to the Prime Minister 26th September 2008 |
29 Sep 2008 |
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Crop Protection Association and other key stakeholders have sent a letter calling on Government to ensure proposals to cut crop protection sprays, under a revised Pesticides Registration Regulation, do not reduce farmers’ and growers’ ability to produce food at a time of rising food prices and concerns over food security.
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| What Price Protection? |
24 Sep 2008 |
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Cranfield University - Sean Rickard
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| BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today programme |
12 Sep 2008 |
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Forget the weather’s impact on the cost of food, there are concerns that new European regulations on pesticides could massively increase our food bills. The proposed changes would restrict the number of pesticides farmers can use. Now Shaun Rickard has put a price on those changes. Predicting at least a 10p rise on the cost of a loaf of bread, 3p on a litre of milk and 40p per kilo on pork. I asked him how he’d arrived at those figures.
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| Farmers Guardian Article 12th September 2008 |
12 Sep 2008 |
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Future of agriculture on European summit agenda.
Healthy Foods European Summit - October 6-7, London
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| Dominic Dyer's article in SD UK Labour Conference Edition |
10 Sep 2008 |
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We can't afford to demonise pesticides.
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| Dr Anne Buckenham's letter to the Financial Times 6th August 2008 |
13 Aug 2008 |
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Sir,
In his article about food security, Lord Haskins is right to highlight the role of existing and new technologies to help us grow more food from a limited land area and with greater extremes of weather (Only free trade can guarantee food security, 5 August).
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| Breaking News on Industrial Baking & Snacks |
13 Aug 2008 |
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Pesticide regulations could threaten cereal yields
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| Trade Press Campaigns |
1 Aug 2008 |
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Both Farmers Weekly and Farmers Guardian are running excellent Campaigns
links below
Farmers Weekly
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/29/111435/industry-united-to-save-our-sprays.html
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/29/111429/save-our-sprays-campaign.html
Farmers Guardian
http://www.farmersguardian.com/story.asp?storycode=20286
http://www.farmersguardian.com/story.asp?storycode=20363
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| Protecting the food on our plates |
30 Jul 2008 |
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Anne Buckenham article in Land & Business
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| Farmers Guardian |
23 Jul 2008 |
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Farmers Guardian backs British Growers
Campaign 21st July 2008
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| Article in Crops Magazine 19th July 2008 |
19 Jul 2008 |
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Forget damage limitation. It’s time for action on proposed pesticide rules.
An EU-wide impact assessment on proposed new pesticides approval measures recently agreed by EU farm ministers is needed to avoid major damage to Europe’s farm sector, says the Crop Protection Association’s chief executive Dominic Dyer.
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| Letters in The Economist 19th July 2008 - What's in your food? |
18 Jul 2008 |
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Two letters in response to "A balance of risk" July 5th 2008.
From Anthony Trewavas, Professor of plant biochemistry
and Anne Buckenham, Crop Protection Assocation
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| Council Deliberation: 2881st Agriculture and Fisheries Council - Luxembourg |
16 Jul 2008 |
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Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
- Political agreement
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| CPA Sales Data 2007 |
14 Jul 2008 |
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| Article in The Economist - 3rd July 2008 |
3 Jul 2008 |
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A balance of risk
Pesticides keep food edible and cheap. On the other hand they are, by definition, poisonous. Europe’s legislators thus face a dilemma
WHAT is the difference between risk and hazard? Quite a lot, it seems, if you make or use pesticides. Everybody hates them (dangerous, unnatural things). But everybody likes their benefits (cheap and unblemished food).
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| Pesticides Debate - 23rd June 2008 |
28 Jun 2008 |
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Pesticides Debate with Dominic Dyer and Georgina Downs
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| REPORT WESTMINSTER FORUM EVENT |
26 Jun 2008 |
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The Crop Protection Association joined the speaker panel for the Westminster Food & Nutrition Seminar on Food Prices, Competition & Efficiency in the Supply Chain at the Imperial War Museum in London on the 25 June 2008.
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| The Mirror - June 27, YOUR LIFE: DEAR MIRIAM - GO BANANAS IN THE FRUIT BOWL;HEALTH |
26 Jun 2008 |
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Dr Miriam says that "research shows that pesticide traces are so low they pose no danger to our health." When people ask me about eating organic produce I say: "Save the extra money and buy twice the amount of ordinary fruit and veg."
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| Dominic Dyer talking on CNBC Broadcast - 23rd June 2008 |
23 Jun 2008 |
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Bunge to Buy Corn Products Int.
US fertilizer producer and oilseed processor, Bunge, agreed to buy Corn Products International for $4.8 billion Monday. Dominic Dyer, CEO of Crop Protection Association, and Oliver Hatfield from Integer Research discuss.
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| Article in the Western Morning News - Plymouth - 16th June 2008 |
17 Jun 2008 |
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Dire warnings over pesticides legislation
Yields will be decimated, many crops will become uneconomical to produce, and food quality will be threatened if new legislation proposed by the EU Commission on changes to the regulation of pesticides becomes law in the near future.
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| Article in The Grocer 31st May 2008 |
1 Jun 2008 |
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As food security rises up the political agenda, we should not underestimate the critical importance of pesticides, in maintaining the efficient production of safe, good quality food, argues Dominic Dyer, Chief Executive of the Crop Protection Association.
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| Private Eye Article - Down on the Farm. 30th May - 12th June 2008 issue |
28 May 2008 |
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A mighty row is raging behind the scenes in Brussels over a proposed EU directive on the "sustainable use of pesticides", the effect of which would be to prohibit up to 85 percent of the chemicals used to combat the damage caused to crops by pest diseases, insects and weeds.
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| Anne Buckenham's letter in The Mail on Sunday 4th May 2008 |
6 May 2008 |
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Letters – Keep your cotton shirt on, Carole
Whatever else Carole Caplin may be worried about on her cotton clothing (Health) she need not worry about pesticides. Such residues are found only in the cotton seed and not in the fibres that are used to make clothes.
Dr Anne Buckenham, Director of Policy
Crop Protection Association
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| Article in the Farmers Guardian 2nd May 2008 |
2 May 2008 |
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Improved Practices help with farm biodiversity.
Farming techniques, promoted as part of the Voluntary Initiative (VI), can improve habitats and so enhance biodiversity, according to the final report from the VI Indicator Farms Project for the Crop Protection Association (CPA).
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| Article in the Farmers Guardian 2nd May 2008 |
2 May 2008 |
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"Lower yields and higher prices from pesticide cut would deepen food crisis"
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| Article in Hortuiculture Week 1st May 2008 |
1 May 2008 |
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EU pesticide proposals alarm growers.
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| The Independent 1st May 2008 |
1 May 2008 |
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Article in The Independent
The great organic myths: Why organic foods are an indulgence the world can't afford.
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| Farmers Weekly 25th April 2008 |
25 Apr 2008 |
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Article in Farmers Weekly.
Key Role for Science and Technology
In the challenge to feed the world, it is vital to recognise the advances of science
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| Anne Buckenham's letter on the Scottish Herald’s website - 11th April 2008 |
11 Apr 2008 |
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Important pesticides
Hugh Raven is right that only a small percentage of the pesticide use in the UK is on organic farms (Letters, April 5), but that's hardly surprising.
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| Dominic Dyer's letter to The Guardian - 10th April 2008 |
11 Apr 2008 |
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Food price rises threaten global security
Sir, you are right to focus on the growing threat to international security resulting from rising food prices.
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| Dominic Dyer's letter to The Times - 11th April 2008 |
11 Apr 2008 |
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Food Fight (Comment 10 April)
Sir, you are right to focus on the need for greater trade liberalisation and a more balanced approach to the benefits of GM crops to ease the current crisis in the world food markets, but we should not overlook the importance of crop protection in maintaining food supplies.
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| Wendy Gray's letter in the Leicester Mercury 27th March 2008 |
31 Mar 2008 |
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Parents of children at Kirby Muxloe Day Nursery need not be concerned about the use of pesticides to grow food (Mercury, March 18).
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| Dominic Dyer's Interview - Crops 8th March 2008 |
18 Mar 2008 |
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Crop protection products' key role in feeding the world.
Dominic Dyer is the new chief executive of the Crop Protection Association. Crops quizzed him on some key topics the sector is having to face.
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| Anne Buckenham's letter sent to the Leicester Mercury - 5th March 2008 |
6 Mar 2008 |
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Sir,
Making decisions on how to go green is not as easy as Biba Hartigan suggests (an earth-lovers guide, 4 March). A recent study conducted by Cranfield University states that “The relative burdens of Global Warming Potential... between organic and non-organic field-based commodities are more complex than energy, and organic production often incurs greater burdens.”
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| Anne Buckenham's letter sent to the Evening Standard - 27th February 2008 |
28 Feb 2008 |
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Catherine Ostler is entitled to her view (comment 26 February) but as a mother making food choices for my family, I would rather base my decisions on scientific advice rather than emotion.
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| Letter from David Sumberg MEP - Daily Post Liverpool - 21st February 2008 |
22 Feb 2008 |
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Letter: Round in circles
PROPOSED regulations on an EU wide pesticides policy have been recently passed by the EU Parliament.
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| Anne Buckenham's letter sent to the Daily Telegraph 18th February 2008 |
19 Feb 2008 |
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Dear Sir,
Contrary to comments made by Georgina Downs (Letters, 18th February), pesticides are strictly regulated to protect the safety of both people and the environment. Their use ensures that we get the quantity and quality of fresh food we need, at affordable prices.
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| Delia Smith - BBC Radio 4 Today - 15th February 2008 |
15 Feb 2008 |
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Delia Smith said "That if the whole world goes organic, then the state of the Third World will really be twice as bad as it is at the moment." "I’m much more interested in people getting enough to eat."
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| Anne Buckenham's letter sent to the Daily Mirror 4th January 2008 |
7 Jan 2008 |
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Dr Miriam Stoppard is right to be cautious in her response on the causes of Parkinson’s disease (Dear Miriam: Spraying Disease?, 4 January 2008). Parkinson’s was first described in 1817, long before the existence of pesticides and other modern chemicals and, to date, researchers have been unable to identify a single cause for the disease.
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| Anne Buckenham's letter in The Newcastle Journal |
17 Dec 2007 |
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The safety levels of school fruit residues
Your piece on pesticides residues monitoring of school fruit (The Journal, December 14) omitted to mention that maximum residue levels are not safety limits.
They are deliberately set well below safety limits so as to avoid health risks.
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| Chemical fertilizers needed to feed the world - FAO 10/12/07 |
12 Dec 2007 |
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Organic agriculture can contribute to fighting hunger
But chemical fertilizers needed to feed the world
FAO has no reason to believe that organic agriculture can substitute for conventional farming systems in ensuring the world’s food security, Dr. Jacques Diouf, FAO Director-General, said here today.
Contact:
Christopher Matthews
Media Relations, FAO
christopher.matthews@fao.org
(+39) 06 570 53762
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| Wendy Gray's letter in The Birmingham Post |
11 Dec 2007 |
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Birmingham Post - December 11
Letter: Fresh fruit and vegetables
Dear Editor, Your readers may be interested to know that the Food Standards Agency concludes there is no scientific evidence that organic food is more nutritious than conventionally grown food.
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| CPA Appoints NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE |
30 Nov 2007 |
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Dominic Dyer has been appointed as Chief Executive of the Crop Protection Association and will take up his role on 1st January 2008.
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| Peter Sanguinetti's letter in the Gloucestershire Echo |
28 Nov 2007 |
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Gloucestershire Echo - November 27
Pesticides don't cause cancers.
Madam - I reply to breast cancer survivor Joy Irving, who believes chemicals in household products are contributing to increases in the disease (Echo, November 20).
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| Farming and Countryside Education |
12 Nov 2007 |
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To support the Year of Food and Farming, the Crop Protection Assocation is linking up with FACE to promote a simple online farming game, Frank the Farmer. (About FACE September 2007 Issue 13)
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| FSA cautious over latest study on conventional v organic food |
29 Oct 2007 |
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Commenting on the Newcastle University research findings reported at the weekend (which have not yet been peer-reviewed or published) Andrew Wadge, the FSA’s chief scientist, said that the Agency would be reviewing the evidence on the nutritional content of organic and conventional produce. He said that even if the review found significant differences, the government would still need to assess any possible impact on health.
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| Press Release - Dr Anne Buckenham awarded BCPC medal |
23 Oct 2007 |
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Dr Anne Buckenham was presented with the British Crop Production Council’s Medal award at the XVI International Plant Protection Congress in Glasgow last week – in recognition of outstanding service to the crop protection sector.
Awarding the medal, Hugh Oliver-Bellasis, President of the British Crop Production Council, praised Dr Buckenham’s outstanding contribution to the practice of crop protection in the UK.
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| Anne Buckenham's letter - Lincolnshire Echo 22nd September 2007 |
24 Sep 2007 |
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I can assure Mrs Stein (September 19) that pesticides are amongst the most thoroughly tested and regulated chemicals in the world.
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| ECPA Press Release 20th September 2007 |
20 Sep 2007 |
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Farmers voice concern over upcoming changes in EU pesticide legislation.
Support the campaign at www.understandtheimpact.eu
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| BBC Radio 4 Interview with Peter Sanguinetti 1st September 2007 |
14 Sep 2007 |
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Science and Experience - Conventional and Organic - working together to get the best of all world in order to maxinise production and care for the enviornment.
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| CPA Press Release 12th September 2007 |
13 Sep 2007 |
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To support the Year of Food and Farming, the Crop Protection Association is linking up with FACE to promote a simple online farming game, Frank the Farmer.
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| BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today - 5:50 11th September 2007 |
11 Sep 2007 |
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Professor Tony Hardy explains strict regulation of food including organic to keep pesticide residues well below safety levels.
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| Anne Buckenham's letter - Western Daily Press - 7th September 2007 |
10 Sep 2007 |
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Pesticides are often needed
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| CPA Press Release 10th September 2007 |
10 Sep 2007 |
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Commenting on the Pesticide Residues Committee 2006 Annual Report, Dr Anne Buckenham, Director of Policy of the Crop Protection Association,
said:
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| Anne Buckenham's letter - Bristol Evening Post 5th September 2007 |
7 Sep 2007 |
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In the debate about ethical fashion ...
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| CPA Press Release 30th August 2007 |
30 Aug 2007 |
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Time for teamwork -
Call for unity as Organic Fortnight begins
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| FOE get EU funding |
22 Aug 2007 |
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PAN is also funded by the EU to lobby for more stringent rules on pesticide use (Euro160,000 between 2000 and 2003) and the WWF presumably for its activity pro-REACH (Euro3.1 million between 1997 and 2003).
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| Peter Sanguinetti's comments on the Farming Today website. |
22 Aug 2007 |
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Georgina Downs asked for evidence of declining use of pesticides. She should try the DEFRA website. I quote: "Volume shows .... a peak in 1997 and then a decline of about 15%". Our own statistics show a further decline of 4% in 2006. This shows that voluntary measures like the Voluntary Initiative do work. There's is also cash available for environmental schemes from the EU CAP reform.
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| Anne Buckenham letter to The Scotsman 14 August |
17 Aug 2007 |
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Sir
Your article on DDT omitted the fact that the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced in September 2006 that "Extensive research and testing has since demonstrated that well-managed indoor residual spraying programmes using DDT pose no harm to wildlife or to humans" and that they are recommending this measure as one of the main ways of fighting malaria.
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| Anne Buckenham letter to Manchester Evening News 15 August |
17 Aug 2007 |
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Sir,
In the interests of "educating people" fully (Bringing organic food to Bolton, 14 August), Andrew Neill should refer them to the Food Standards Agency website (www.food.gov.uk) which advises that the balance of current scientific evidence does not support the view that organic food is safer or more nutritious than other food.
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| Protecting Crops, People and the Environment. |
25 Jul 2007 |
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Advert in House Magazine 9th July 2007
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| SAFFIE Press Release |
24 Jul 2007 |
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| Quote by Dr Brian Iddon MP. Science in Parliament Vol 64 No 3. |
24 Jul 2007 |
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| House of Lords Oral Question on the Health of the UK bee population - 19th July 2007 |
19 Jul 2007 |
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This morning the House of Lords heard Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer's (Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) oral question on what advice DEFRA have received about the health of the United Kingdom's bee population. Sustainable Food and Farming Minister Lord Rooker responded on behalf of the Government.
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| Anne Buckenham's letter - Farmers Weekly 6th July 2007 |
6 Jul 2007 |
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Anne's letter about parallel imports.
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| Anne Buckenham's letter - Birmingham Post 5th July 2007 |
5 Jul 2007 |
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Anne's letter on the debate about ethical clothing.
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| Anne Buckenham's letter - Sunday Mercury |
2 Jul 2007 |
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Anne's letter on the proper use of slug pellets.
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| Latest opinion survey by Penn and Teller!! |
29 Jun 2007 |
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| Anne Buckenham's letter - The Nottingham Evening Post online |
25 Jun 2007 |
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Penney Poyzer (Post, June 15) may be interested to know that the majority of food tested contains no detectable pesticide residues.
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| Peter Sanguinetti's letter in The Newcastle Journal |
22 Jun 2007 |
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ORGANIC farming is not pesticide-free as suggested in your article (The Journal, June 20).
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| Defra press release re prosecution 14 June 2007 |
18 Jun 2007 |
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| Farmers Weekly 15th June 2007 |
15 Jun 2007 |
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Peter Sanguinetti's letter in Farmers Weekly stating "There is no scientific evidence that pesticides cause Parkinson's."
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| The Sun 13th June 2007 |
14 Jun 2007 |
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Dr Anne Buckenham's letter in The Sun stating "There is no conclusive scientific evidence of a link between pesticides and brain tumours."
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| Sales data 2006 |
12 Jun 2007 |
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| REACH Announcement |
1 Jun 2007 |
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| Organic and conventional farmers should work together |
31 May 2007 |
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A packed hall voted overwhelmingly against the proposal "This house belives the only safe, reliable and sustainable source of food is organic". Listen to Peter Melchett, Patrick Holden, Alex Avery and Denis Murphy. visit:- www.hayfestival.com/archive (avery).
The Truth about Organic Foods - new book by Alex Avery of Hudson Institute To order copies of the book email: info@optimaexcel.co.uk
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| "Our products are safe when used correctly" |
30 May 2007 |
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"That is why we actively promote responsible use. The recent study by Aberdeen University does not provide any conclusive scientific evidence about parkinson's disease." Peter Sanguinetti May 2007
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| Is Organic really healthier? |
29 May 2007 |
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Article in First Magazine May 2007
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| Dr Anne Buckenham's letter in the Sunday Express 20th May 2007 |
20 May 2007 |
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Published letter from Dr Anne Buckenham
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| FPC challenge Media over scaremongering |
3 May 2007 |
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FPC say the recent Daily Express article was misleading, unbalanced and scaremongering journalism of the worst sort.
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| Leicester Mercury |
28 Mar 2007 |
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Published letter by Dr Anne Buckenham on the safety of slug pellets.
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| Every Drop Counts |
19 Mar 2007 |
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New best practice advice on keeping pesticide residues out of water has been published by the Crop Protection Association.
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| BBC Radio 4 You and Yours |
9 Oct 2006 |
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Dr. Ian Brown (PRC) on residue monitoring: BBC Radio 4 You and Yours 9th October 2006
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| Benefits of Crop Protection |
8 Sep 2006 |
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Key Points from Croplife Canada Report
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| Croplife Canada Report |
8 Sep 2006 |
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Benefits of Crop Protection
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| Organic and Conventional Farming |
8 Sep 2006 |
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CPA briefing. Test your knowledge of organic and conventional farming with our quiz.
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| Organic and Conventional Farming |
8 Sep 2006 |
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CPA Briefing - A question of perspective
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| Organic Food production |
1 Aug 2006 |
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Is there any evidence that organic food is better?
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| Governments response |
20 Jul 2006 |
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Governments response to RCEP
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| CPA welcomes Government commitment |
20 Jul 2006 |
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CPA welcomes Government commitment to science-based regulation
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| Pesticides and Parkinsons |
18 Jul 2006 |
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CPA statement on Pesticides and Parkinsons.
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| CPA Sales 2005 |
9 Jun 2006 |
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CPA Sales of Crop Protection Products 2005
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| CPA welcomes the return of the Marsh Harrier to the UK |
19 May 2006 |
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