Haenam-gun Conducts Safe Pesticide Use Training for Farmers

Haenam-gun Office Building Exterior (Photo by Haenam-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 24th that it is conducting intensive publicity following the expansion of the Positive List System for Pesticide Residues (PLS) to all agricultural products starting January 1 of last year.

PLS is a system that registers all pesticide ingredients used in domestic or imported agricultural products and sets residue tolerance standards to manage the production of safe agricultural products.

The main content prohibits the use of pesticides that are not registered for use domestically or are not listed in the pesticide residue tolerance standards in principle. For crops without established pesticide residue tolerance standards, the allowable limit is uniformly managed to be 0.01 mg/kg or less. Violations of this rule result in fines and penalties.

Haenam-gun has been steadily preparing for the full implementation of PLS since 2018 by providing education and distributing promotional materials to farmers in the region.

In this regard, from the 25th to the 29th, farmer education sessions to help understand the Pesticide Positive List System (PLS) will be held at the town and township offices.

This education will be conducted in conjunction with the Haenam-gun Food Plan (Local Food) Village Leader briefing and will be operated by the Jeonnam Branch of the Agricultural Products Quality Management Service Haenam Office through outreach lectures.

The main topics include understanding the PLS system and supplementary measures for its smooth implementation, explanations of major issues and countermeasures related to the PLS system, and the status of pesticide mandatory registration promotion.

The county plans to focus administrative efforts on continuous publicity for the successful establishment of the PLS system and to make PLS system education mandatory when carrying out various private subsidy projects.

A Haenam-gun official stated, “The purpose of the PLS system is to block the indiscriminate inflow of pesticides whose safety has not been proven, thereby ensuring the distribution of safe agricultural products. Therefore, farmers need to exercise special caution in producing safe agricultural products.” He added, “We expect this education to provide an opportunity for farmers to pay attention to the safe use of pesticides.”

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