The Second Global Minor Use Summit (GMUS2) was held at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy, February 21-23, 2012.   Building on the strong foundation of cooperation and collaboration established during the first Global Minor Use Summit (2007), GMUS2 participants showed great interest and enthusiasm in their efforts to resolve minor use issues.  The importance of establishing a governing body, identified as a Steering Committee, was a key outcome to coordinate activities and to maintain progress in addressing matters around minor uses.  The Steering Committee would centralize communication, coordination, and would be charged with developing the terms of reference for a global needs database.  Other areas highlighted at the summit included providing regulatory incentives that would encourage minor use registrations and MRLs at the same time that they are being developed for the major commodities.  There was continued support for capacity development in areas that lack the necessary capability to regulate and manage pesticides effectively and to support IPM and integration of new safer technologies more quickly.  All of these action items were outlined in a five year work plan to track progress in addressing all of these important issues.  An update will be provided with regard to each of these activities, especially with regard to the developing a database to identify priorities and data needs.  There will also be an overview of ongoing priorities that will ultimately be highlighted in a global white paper on this subject.

Global minor use summits: Outcomes, progress, and continuing activities

248th National Meeting (2014)

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