A guide to communicating globally
Welcome to the Crop Protection Resource Hub
Farmers are the backbone of our communities. The decisions they make are grounded in a desire to keep their families, farms, communities and the world safe and fed. Crop protection tools are an essential part of these efforts on their farms. We must help people better understand and build trust with scientific experts, researchers and dedicated farmers to ensure greater access for all farmers to a full set of crop protection tools.
This Resource Hub will help guide your conversations as you communicate with industry peers, first-line customers, regulators and others globally about the tools, techniques, safety and overall benefits of crop protection.
Each section of the hub provides links to additional resources to dive deeper into a variety of topics. These links will connect you to both external websites and to downloadable files, including usable PDF fact sheets and editable design files for use in both print and digital formats. In many cases, small edits can be made directly into the PDFs provided, but heavier changes will need to be made by a creative professional within the design files – these are labeled as “AI” throughout the Resource Hub.
What is Crop Protection?
Crop protection refers to a holistic set of tools and techniques that are an essential part of maintaining a global food supply and helping farmers protect their crops from pests, weeds and diseases. Access to all the tools in the toolbox is necessary to help everyone along the food supply chain bring more food and feed to market with fewer resources in safe and sustainable ways.
Globally, there are many challenges that impact farming – from changing climates to adapting pests to the growing demand for food. There are many opportunities as well for farmers to incorporate innovative techniques on their farms and to work closely with others along the global food supply chain.
Downloadable Materials
- CropLife International – Evolution of the Crop Protection Industry since 1960
- CropLife America – The Contribution of Crop Protection Products to the United States Economy
The Impact of Your Voice
As a trusted voice within the global agricultural industry, you can build understanding around the safe and sustainable practices farmers are using to protect their crops. Farmers are ecologists by nature, learning from hands-on experience, using science to improve sustainable practices, and making daily decisions to ensure the long-term use of their land. Farmers’ experiences, practices and decisions are all part of the crop protection story, and it is an important one to tell.
The Crop Protection Resource Hub is designed to help you have informed conversations about the crop protection story with first-line customers, policymakers and government leaders. We encourage you to share the materials within the hub and use the information to inform others about the role of crop protection in farming. By sharing this story, you can be instrumental in supporting the U.S. agricultural industry to:
Encourage the export of crops that use a diverse range of crop protection tools
Stimulate harmonious standards globally for pesticide use, avoiding burdensome regulations
Build an environment of transparency and information sharing among countries around the use of all crop protection tools
Crop Protection Presentation
As you communicate in person or virtually with global audiences, you can use the accompanying downloadable presentation. This slide deck pulls together information from throughout the Resource Hub to help you communicate the importance of crop protection, relying on your personal stories and deep understanding of today’s farming challenges.
Crop Protection Overview
Thanks to innovations in crop protection, farming systems today are more environmentally, economically and socially sustainable. There are many tools available to help farmers increase yields, reduce food loss and ensure global access to a reliable food supply.
When farmers have full access to the crop protection toolbox, they are enabled to make the best decisions day to day, improving outcomes for themselves, those they feed and the planet. For more information on the diverse crop protection toolbox, as well as its global benefits, history of innovation and impacts on sustainability, click on the fact sheets below.
Crop Protection Makes Sustainable Farming & Food Production Possible
An overview of all the tools in the crop protection toolbox, from pesticides to biologicals to precision agriculture, and its overarching benefits.
Crop Protection Addresses Global Challenges
A look at how crop protection tools, including Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies, help farmers address global challenges, from food security to climate change.
Additional Downloadable Materials
- CropLife America – The Role of Precision Agriculture
- CropLife America – Moving Food Forward
- CropLife America – Pesticides: Who Makes the Call
- CropLife International – Seed Treatment: A Tool for Sustainable Agriculture
Accessing the Global Market: Regulations & Compliance
Because food and nutrition are foundational to human existence, everyone around the world benefits from crop protection tools that are regulated by science-based data and managed by farmers focused on compliance.
There is a lot of research that goes into crop protection tools, which are regularly reviewed to make sure they are using the latest advancements in science and are safe, sustainable and beneficial. It is important for global regulations to rely on sound science and an understanding of the difference between risks and hazards to make sure all farmers can access the crop protection tools they need.
For more information to help you stay informed when discussing regulations and compliance, click on the fact sheets below.
Downloadable and Editable Files
Crop Protection, MRLs & Global Agricultural Trade
A basic review of Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and the importance of aligned and robust international standards and a market and regulatory environment supportive of trade.
Additional Downloadable Materials
- CropLife International – Risk Mitigation
- CropLife America – Worried About Pesticide Residue?
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