EU regulations mandated the German campaign, designed to mitigate the usage of pesticides, and to find environment-friendly alternatives. As is, the plan will be in effect early 2013. Bioland demands that the government comes up with a fundamentally different policy: only by ambitiously reducing the amount of pesticides in the sector will this proposal be a serious and acceptable campaign, says the union. If it were up to Bioland, the proposal would contain a levy on pesticides and a ban on particularly dangerous insecticides.
Germany: Bioland demands reduction of pesticides
EU regulations mandated the German campaign, designed to mitigate the usage of pesticides, and to find environment-friendly alternatives. As is, the plan will be in effect early 2013. Bioland demands that the government comes up with a fundamentally different policy: only by ambitiously reducing the amount of pesticides in the sector will this proposal be a serious and acceptable campaign, says the union. If it were up to Bioland, the proposal would contain a levy on pesticides and a ban on particularly dangerous insecticides.