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• Participants were actively engaged in discussions on FFS and agroecology. They were interested in its main elements and agreed that both can be ways to mitigate risks involving the overuse of pesticides.
• Results of the EU project shared with different key national stakeholders in order to explore synergies and collaboration through projects implemented at national level in the framework of the sustainable agriculture production (required involvement of Ministry of Agriculture)
• Field visits allowed to understand difficulties in the agricultural sector, the main pests and the pesticides still used.
• National report on alternatives to hazardous chemicals available and shared with the audience.

Nadia Correale: nadia.correale@fao.org