CPSP expands India team with three new appointments
The Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention (CPSP) has recently appointed three new Project & Policy Officers, significantly expanding its presence in India....
The Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention (CPSP) has recently appointed three new Project & Policy Officers, significantly expanding its presence in India....
A unique community based project that engaged rural communities in India in prevention of pesticide suicide has come to a successful end.
Moves to transition farms in an Indian state to organic practices have reduced pesticide use among farmers, an evaluation of the programme has shown.
This paper provides an evaluation of the Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming (APCNF) programme in south India. The study found that moves to transition farms in an Indian state to organic farming practices have reduced pesticide use among farmers.
This paper examines the impact of bans on 14 highly hazardous pesticides, introduced by the State of Kerala, India, in 2011, on crop production. The study found no evidence that the Keralan bans had any negative effect on agricultural yield and food production.
New research from the Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention has found that bans on toxic pesticides in the State of Kerala, India, have had no adverse impact on agriculture and food production.
This paper uses a human rights lens to address the neglected issue of highly hazardous pesticide exposure and poisoning in children, both globally and in India specifically.
This paper provides a systematic review of poisoning cases and deaths in India between 1999 and 2018. The study found that pesticide poisoning was a major cause of death.
Evidence shows that effective pesticide regulation can dramatically reduce the number of non-farm suicides taking place in India, while simultaneously improving public health, farmer incomes, and the environment.
This paper summarises the pesticide bans and restrictions that have been implemented to date by the central and state governments in India. It explores how they might relate to changes in rates of both pesticide suicides and suicides from all methods.