Chemicals

The Jordanian Society for Organic Farming will implement this project, which aims at raising public awareness in the field of hazardous waste, with special focus on persistent organic pollutants and their impacts on the environment and the human health. The project will promote the adoption of alternative approaches to the use of hazardous chemicals in agricultural processes, such as organic farming, integrated pest management and permaculture in order to reduce the use of POPs in agriculture. Project activities will include a revision of all national studies and efforts previously made in this field and inform the public of these efforts and of the international conventions on this issue. It will issue lists of the materials that are considered persistent pollutants and extension guides on organic farming and other alternatives to the use of hazardous chemicals, and will coordinate with mass media to achieve its objectives. The project will implement a number of demonstration farms using organic farming approach in order to promote this approach and train farmers on using its techniques.

Jordan