EBDC Global Symposium Highlights Marco Polo Davao Davao

EBDC Global Symposium Highlights Marco Polo Davao, Davao City, Philippines August 10 th - 11 th 2017 1

Philippine Banana Market 2

Philippine Banana Market By: Stephen Antig Presented by: Dr. Emily Fabregar 3

Philippine Banana Market • Philippine produces world class banana, the country is the 5 th largest exporter in the world (2016) • Banana is 3 rd top agricultural export in the Philippines based on FOB value (2015) • Mindanao has the largest area of production and today the Banana export industry is in 15 out of 25 provinces in Mindanao • Fresh Cavendish banana is mainly exported in Gulf countries (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain) and ASEAN countries (Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore) 4

Ajit Premnath – UPL Worldwide; Farmer First • We exist to ensure more food and nutrition for more people in the world and we do that by putting the Farmer First in everything we do. • We provide solutions to optimize farm productivity for farmers through innovative and cost effective products to increase farmers income. • Our farmer engagement initiatives aim to educate, assist and address everyday challenges that farming poses. • “FARMER FIRST Supporting the one who feeds the world” 5

Driver’s of UPL’s Competitiveness 6

A Total Solution Driven Approach Across Agri Value Chain 7

Director Wilfredo C. Roldan (Overview of FPA Mandate) • FPA Mandate: - Adequate, safe and affordable supply of fertilizers and pesticides - Rationalize the manufacture and marketing of fertilizers - Safety of public and protection of environment from inherent risks of pesticides - Educate the agricultural sector on proper use of fertilizers and pesticides 8

Gustavo Cardenas (UPL Mancozeb Formulation) 9

Gustavo Cardenas (UPL Mancozeb Formulation) UPL’s Qualitative Vision on Mancozeb products are better in terms of the following: Physical-Chemistry Biological • • • Concentration of the active Water content Suspensibility Dispersibility Rainfastness/ Persistence Biological efficiency Particle Size Dustiness Stability Commercial • Logistics 10

• Vondozeb has demonstrated excellent physical properties in terms of suspensibility, viscosity, flowability and compatibility with other fungicides. There is no risk of sedimentation with the current storage system. • Vondozeb formulations offer the best dispersion in the leaves in two ways: – Formulation in oil with excellent diffusion of drops in the leaf – Dry formulation that offers a high number of drops covering 100% of the leaf surface • Rainfastness – product persistence in the leave is excellent preventing product run off in the leaves 11

Ricardo Astua (Effect of tank mixing with mancozeb in the sensitivity of Mycosphaerella fijiensis to single site fungicides) 12

• Experimental results have confirmed that resistance of M. fijiensis to Single Site Fungicides can be delayed using a tank mix with multisite fungicides (mancozeb). • On the other hand, the disease control obtained was also better in the treatments that include tank mixture of Single Site Fungicides + Mancozeb. 13

Bart Vanhoof (Role of Mancozeb as a Key Resistance Management Tool) • Effective and economic option for the farmers toolbox • Even with availability of other chemistry, still considered an essential tool • No resistance after 60 years • Highly compatible with other products • UPL products show good rainfastness • Quick degradation, safer to environment • Multisite • Key in resistance management 14

Jenny Odum (Mancozeb and Human Health) • Mancozeb has a huge database and its toxicological hazards and modes of action are well understood. • It has been reviewed many times in different areas of the world and is currently being re-reviewed in Europe. • Its primary effect is inhibition of thyroid hormone synthesis. • Rats are the most sensitive and humans the least, to the effects of mancozeb/ETU. This is partly due to species differences in metabolism of ETU. 15

• Rats are the most sensitive and humans the least, to the effects of mancozeb/ETU. This is partly due to species differences in metabolism of ETU. • The effects on thyroid hormones lead to thyroid tumours in rats but not mice, no evidence in humans. • No evidence of developmental neurotoxicity was seen with mancozeb/ETU in rats. • Effects on the thyroid hormonal system in rats do not indicate adverse effects of relevance to man. • We do not consider mancozeb to be an ED according to the WHO/EU definition. 16

• Regulatory reference values provide large safety factors that are protective of human populations. • Exposure studies indicate that levels of mancozeb/ETU are well below the reference values. • Human studies have not associated mancozeb with any health effects. • Mancozeb is a safe compound when used correctly. 17

Tapas Bhattacharjee on ZEBA Cost Saving - Increased ability to cope with water stress - lesser irrigation - Round-the-clock nourishment ie nutrition on demand for all parts and growth stages. Environ -ment Soil Benefits Constant Moisture Quality - Lesser nutrient use - Reduces nutrient loss to air, soil & water - Biodegrades Yield - Greatly improved germination. Better plant establishment. - Improved nutrient uptake - More effective herbicide action 18

Zeba tested on Crops such as: • Banana • Potato • Bitter gourd • Bell peppers • Corn 19

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