Agricultural Pest Management

Research trials, product registration support, pest management strategies, and other ways we help Canadian growers protect their agricultural crops from the negative impacts of weeds, diseases and insect pests.

• Reduced Risk Pest Management Solutions
  Projects exploring lower-risk pest control options for specific agricultural crops
• Minor-use pesticides
  Field and greenhouse projects to support product registrations for the management of weeds, insect pests and plant pathogens on specific, smaller-acreage crops.
• Biopesticides
  Projects investigating and promoting naturally-occurring options to control insects, weeds and plant diseases
• Agricultural Pest Management Resources
  Crop protection methods developed using the latest research and collaboration
• Pest Management Centre
  Information about our offices, our research sites, and our mandate
• Diseases and Pests in Agroforestry
  Learn about diseases and pests that are common on the Canadian prairies

What we are doing

Laws and regulations

• Pest Control Products Act
• Pesticide Residue Compensation Act
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Acts and Regulations

Publications

• Health Canada – Pest management Regulatory Agency - Publications