Ban the Poison Boomerang SA

About this project

To take major steps towards a European export ban on highly hazardous pesticides, we are connecting organisations worldwide and closely coordinating our strategies. 1. In South Africa and Brazil, we are strengthening groups and coalitions that are fighting against pesticide use in national movements: activists, farm workers, conservationists and farmers who want to raise awareness among consumers in their own countries, convince politicians to announce an import ban and ban dangerous toxins from theirfields and crops. Inthis project, Oxfam Novib partners Women on Farms Project (WFP) in South Africa and Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores e das Trabalhadoras Assalariadas Rurais (CONTAR) in Brazil are given the means to bring these groups together,to (continue to) drive a movement, to conduct research and to run joint campaigns. The possibilities in both countries differ: in South Africa, there is scope to fight for an import ban on pesticides that are banned in the EU, while in Brazil, the agricultural industry still has so much power in parliament that this is not feasible within the project period. That is why we are working with CONTAR to broaden support for aban on highly dangerous pesticides. In this way, we are laying the foundations for a possible import ban in the future. 2. In the Netherlands, we are bringing together food, environmental and farmers' organisations that currently often work separately or in temporary coalitions to promote toxin-free food. We are c…

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Oxfam Novib · International NGO

Countries

South Africa

Sectors

Agricultural policy and administrative management

Published by Oxfam Novib to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 12 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27108436-A-07820-03:ZA.

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