Stewardship

CropLife Australia promotes a life-cycle, or stewardship, approach to the management of crop protection products.

Lifecycle stewardship starts with research and development, and includes manufacture, transport and storage, through to use, and eventual disposal of waste, including empty product containers and the management of unused and unwanted registered products.

 

Our stewardship programs raise awareness and enhance the capability of farm chemical distributors and users to manage any risk posed by these products to people, the environment or trade brought about by incorrect transport, storage or use.

 

The overall aim of the stewardship approach is to maximise the benefits, and minimise any risk, from using crop protection products.

 

CropLife, its members and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Agsafe, either collectively or individually undertake a range of activities to ensure that products are developed, sold, used and disposed of appropriately.