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The Philippines has sent budding farmers on a virtual training mission to learn about the proper use of more environmentally friendly crop protection tools, supporting Bayer’s goal of reducing gas emissions by 30 percent. greenhouse effect (GHG) in their growing systems served globally by 2030.
Bayer has implemented a training program on the safe use of crop protection in recent years to prevent any adverse effects of pesticides and herbicides on human health and the environment.
The International Panel on Climate Change said that 23 percent of human GHG emissions come from agriculture, forestry and other land uses.
The online Bayer Safe Use Ambassador (BSUA) program brought together more than 2,000 stakeholders from 14 countries, including university scientists, researchers, students, regulatory officials, ministries and farmers. Students from Philippine state universities and colleges (Los Baños University of the Philippines, Central Luzon State University, Mindanao State University and others that were part of previous training programs) attended the virtual training.
“By laying the foundation for agricultural safety among young students, we can be confident that the next generation of farmers will embrace the need for product safety and stewardship,” said Iiinas Ivan Lao, Bayer Crop Science Country Business Leader, it’s a statement. .
“This would help make agriculture more attractive to more Filipinos and promote it as a safe and sustainable livelihood,” he added.
BSUA traditionally organizes a contest on the opinion of potential participants on safe crop protection practices. The winners are sent to Bayer’s agriculture headquarters in Monheim, Germany, where they will be exposed to theoretical and actual sustainable agricultural practices.
Jane Mae Navasquez, a third-year agriculture student at Mindanao State University, was one of the winners of the competition previously sent to Germany, the first from the Philippines. She was one of the speakers during this year’s virtual conference.
“My enthusiasm to learn more about the various aspects of agriculture and to help farmers motivated me to join the competition,” Navasquez said. “It was a great opportunity for me, as a Filipino student, to teach these [lessons] to our Filipino farmers. “
Bayer trained more than a million farmers around the world on the safe use of plant protection products. The training focused on countries without legal certification requirements for handling the products.
Bayer also trained 4 million farmers in 82 countries in collaboration with CropLife International.
Since 2017, the program has trained more than 500 college and university students in the Philippines on how plant protection products should be used safely and sustainably.
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