BP I 's A u t h o r i z ed a c t i v i t i es
• C o m p e t e n A u t h o r i t y f or t he A s s e s s m e n t of P e s t i c i d es
S a f e t y.
• N a t i o n a l R e f e r e n ce L a b o r a t o r y f or P e s t i c i de R e s i d u es in f o od a nd d r i n k i ng w a t e r.
• C e n t r al C o n t r ol L a b o r a t o r y f or P e s t i c i de F o r m u l a t i o n s
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• O f f i c i al L a b o r a t o r y f or P h y t o s a n i t a r
y C o n t r o l .
• C e n t r al L a b o r a t o r y f or s u r v e ys on q u a r a n t i ne o r g a n i s ms t h at t h r e a t en p l a nt h e a l t h.
• N a t i o n a l D i a g n o s t i
c C e n t er f or p l a nt d i s e a s e s, a n i m al p e s t s, w e e d s, p r o v i d i ng g u i d a n ce f or t h e ir
t r e a t m e n t .
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H u m an r e s o u r c es a nd e x p e r t i s e / r e s e a r c
h f i e l ds
T he I n s t i t u te h as m o re t h an 1 0 e m p l o y e e s in r e s e a r c h , s c i e n t i f i c , t e c h n i c a l
nd a d m i n i s t r a t i v e
c a p a c i t i e s .
T he r e s e a r c h e r s a nd s c i e n t i f i c p e r s o n n e l of B PI a re h i g h ly q u a l i f i ed in a ll a r e as of m o d e rn
p l a nt p r o t e c t i o n , b e i ng d r a wn f r om a v a r i e ty of d i s c i p l i n e s s u ch as a g r o n o m y , c h e m i s t r y , b i o l o g y ,
t o x i c o l o g y , b i o c h e m i s t r y , e n v i r o n m e n t a l s c i e n c e s, p h a r m a c o l o g y a nd t he t e c h n o l o g y of c r op a nd a n i m al
p r o d u c t i o n . A d d i t i o n a l l y , t he I n s t i t u te e m p l o ys f u r t h er s p e c i a l i s t s a nd e x p e r ts d e p e n d i ng on t he
r e q u i r e m e n t s of e a ch r e s e a r ch
p r o j e c t .
T he m u l t i d i s c i p l i n a r
y e x p e r t i se a l l o ws B PI to c o v er a n u m b er of a r e as of r e s e a r ch f r om p l a nt h e a l th a nd
p l a nt p r o t e c t i on t t o x i c o l o gy a nd e c o - t o x i c o l o g y , f r om p e s t i c i d e s q u a l i t y - c o n t r o l to a n a l y s i s of r e s i d u es
in f o od a nd s o il & w a t er s a m p l e s ,
a f e ty f or p e s t i c i de o p e r a t o r s a nd m a ny o t h e r s .
P r i o r i t i es
T he m a in d r i v e rs of t he s e t t i ng of o ur r e s e a r ch a nd s c i e n t i f i c p r i o r i t i es a re t he s p e c i f ic n e e ds of t he
c o u n t ry a nd t he e x i s t i ng l e g i s l a t i o n , as w e ll as t he C o m m on A g r i c u l t u r a l P o l i c y ' s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n
s f or
e n h a n c e m e n t of p r i m a ry p r o d u c t i o n , p l a nt p r o t e c t i on a nd s a f e ty in p l a nt p r o t e c t i on p r a c t i c es f or
p e o p le a nd t he e n v i r o n m e n t
. O t he b a s is of t he a b o ve f a c t o r s , t he f o l l o w i ng p r i o r i t i es a re s e t:
• S u s t a i n a b l
e a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c t i on w i th f o c us on t he q u a l i ty of a g r i c u l t u r a l
p r o d u c t s .
• D e v e l o p m e n t of e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y - f r i e n d l
y p l at p r o t e c t i on s t r a t e g i es m i n i m i z i n g i p u ts of
p e s t i c i d es a nd f e r t i l i z e r s .
• S a f e ty at a ll s t a g es of a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c t i o n .
• C o n s e r v i n g b i o d i v e r s i t y in
a g r o - e c o s y s t e m s
.
• S c i e n t i f i c a nd t e c h n i c a l s u p p o r t of t he G r e ek f a r m e r .
V a l u es
• E n s u r i ng t he c o n t i n u ed p r o d u c t i o n , q u a l i ty a nd s a f e ty of a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c t s in l i ne w i th t he
i n t e r n a t i o n a l s t a n d a r ds f or q u a l i ty a nd f o od s a f e t y.
• P r o t e c t i ng t he s a f e ty of w o r k e rs i n v o l v ed in a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c t i o n / p l a n t p r o t e c t i on a nd r u r al p o p u–
l a t i o n.
• P r o t e c t i ng t he b i o t ic a nd a b i o t ic e n v i r o n m e n t f r om a g r o c h e m i c a l
p o l l u t a n t s .
• S u p p o r t i n g t he n a t i o n a l
u t h o r i t i e s w i th s c i e n t i f i c k n o w l e d g in t h e ir r e g u l a t o r y
d e c i s i o n s .
• H a n d l i ng of e m e r g e n c y s i t u a t i o n s or r i s ks r e l a t ed to i s s u es on p l a nt h e a l t h, p l a nt p r o t e c t i o n , as w e ll
as t he p r o t e c t i on f t he e n v i r o n m e n t a nd p u b l ic h e a l t h.
• D y n a m i c , p a r t i c i p a t i o n w i t h in t he E u r o p e an a nd i n t e r n a t i o n a l s c i e n t i f i c n e t w o r k s , b o th t h r o u gh l a r ge
c o m p e t i t i v e E u r o p e an p r o j e c t s a nd by r e p r e s e n t i n g G r e e ce in i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s
.
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