EUMUDA the European Minor Uses Database
What are minor uses in the EU? What is EUMUDA? Use of a plant protection product in a particular Member A key tool in finding chemical and non-chemical solutions to State on plants or plant products which are: minor uses issues within an Integrated Pest Management (a) Not widely grown in that Member State, or framework. (b) Widely grown to meet an exceptional plant protection need EUMUDA allows the: Article 3 (26) of Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 • Collection and follow-up on minor uses needs (crop x pest x country) Why are minor uses important? • Management of minor uses projects under Commodity Speciality crops include most vegetables, fruit, nursery Expert Groups (fruits & vegetables, ornamentals, hops, crops, flowers, forest trees and some arable crops. It is tobacco, mushrooms, seeds, rice) estimated that overall in the EU, they represent more than • Collection of national crop acreages data 70 billion EUR per year, which equates to 22% of the total value of EU plant production. The production of speciality Crops and pests must be identified crops supports the biodiversity and diversity of food in the at species level with EPPO Codes. EU.
1 biological entity = 1 unique EPPO code What are the issues with minor uses? Lack of plant protection solutions available to farmers in the For example: EU, that limits the production of speciality crops. These Sweet cherry= PRNAV crops are grown on relatively small acreages. Spotted wing drosophila= DROSSU
Steps under EUMUDA
A minor use need is a problem without a plant protection solution. Minor use needs • Sweet cherry (PRNAV) x spotted wing drosophila (DROSSU) declared by the United Kingdom, Germany, France
A case is an unsolved minor use need. • Either a solution is identified for the case
Courtesy: Dr Martin Hauser, California Department of Food and Agriculture Case sweet cherry x spotted wing drosophila (USA) or Project • Or a project is started to generate data on efficacy and/or residues if required
Authorisation/ • A PPP or IPM solution is available on sweet cherry x spotted wing drosophila solution in United Kingdom, Germany, France
What are the benefits of EUMUDA to the biocontrol What can the biocontrol industry do for minor uses? industry? Bring your biocontrol solutions to the market to solve minor uses issues! Expand the market of your biocontrol solutions! • Actively consult the table of minor uses needs • Identify the needs for which your product can provide a • Collaborate in projects under Commodity Expert Groups solution • Include minor uses in your testing programmes and in your • Obtain a wider range of crops on your labels registration dossiers • Identify market opportunities through analysis of surfaces of • Support data sharing and access cultivated crops
EU Minor Uses Coordination Facility (MUCF), 21 bd Richard Lenoir- 75011 Paris, France : [email protected] : www.minoruses.eu