The prevention of accumulation (Component A) is achieved through an integrated approach involving Government departments, mass media, pesticide manufacturers and their agents as well as local NGO groups. The cornerstones of the prevention strategy for Mozambique are:

• The review and the development of a national strategy for the management of pesticides that should include: 1) the establishment of a joint operational platform between MINAG, MISAU, the Custom Authorities and the private sector to monitor the import and the distribution of pesticides within the country; 2) the reinforcement of the inspection and control activities within the country; 3) the improvement of the pesticide registration process and pesticide quality control; 4) the upgrading of the storage capacity at Governmental level; 5) the establishment of a migratory pest control strategy together with the set-up of a contingency plan and finally;
  
  
• The review of all laws and regulations related to pesticides in Mozambique resulting in the finalisation of an action plan to harmonize the national legislation and regulations and provide the legal foundation that supports the implementation of a national strategy for the management of pesticides;
  
  
• The review of the IPM activities in Mozambique and the backstopping to MINAG to scale-up the existing national IPM strategy with the final aims at reducing the use of pesticides in key areas, such as cotton, tobacco or vegetable;
  
  
• The development of an awareness strategy on the risk associated to the use of pesticides and the problems of accumulation of obsolete stocks within the country;

The safeguarding and centralisation of obsolete pesticides (component B) includes:

• The elaboration of environmental management guidelines for the implementation of the safeguarding activities of the project that should be included into a Country Environmental and Social Assessment;
  
  
• The identification of interim and central storage points for obsolete pesticides to meet the minimum environmental standards set out in the FAO guidelines;
  
  
• The training of local labour to operate the repackaging works at each store. A core team of locally hired labour has been developed and received a training to ensure that all operations are completed to the required levels of health and safety standards;
  
• The day-to-day supervision of all repackaging activities at the sites scattered across Mozambique ensuring all activities are completed to the required standards of Health, Safety and Environment set out in the FAO guidelines.