{"id":16457,"date":"2025-12-16T19:46:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/?p=16457"},"modified":"2025-12-16T19:46:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:46:30","slug":"antigua-barbuda-participated-in-an-interregional-dialogue-on-phasing-out-highly-hazardous-pesticides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/antigua-barbuda-participated-in-an-interregional-dialogue-on-phasing-out-highly-hazardous-pesticides\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua &#038; Barbuda participated in an Interregional Dialogue on Phasing Out Highly Hazardous Pesticides"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Proud moment for Antigua and Barbuda &#8211; Deputy-Registrar of Pesticides &amp; Toxic Chemicals, Petranilla Estreada, represented our nation at the Interregional Dialogue on Phasing Out Highly Hazardous Pesticides (12\u201314 Nov 2025, Harare). Regulators from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific validated a regional HHP strategy, shared best practices for risk assessment and mitigation, and mapped future road-maps to phase out HHPs while promoting safer alternatives.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">This is a major step toward harmonized pesticide regulation, stronger regional cooperation, and healthier communities and ecosystems.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Congratulations to all participants \u2014 together we\u2019re protecting people, trade and biodiversity.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/598970339_1295929735887370_5315165092008024678_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-16458\" src=\"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/598970339_1295929735887370_5315165092008024678_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/598970339_1295929735887370_5315165092008024678_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/598970339_1295929735887370_5315165092008024678_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/598970339_1295929735887370_5315165092008024678_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/598970339_1295929735887370_5315165092008024678_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/598970339_1295929735887370_5315165092008024678_n.jpg 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/597849068_1295929725887371_6801830682510679741_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-16459\" src=\"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/597849068_1295929725887371_6801830682510679741_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/597849068_1295929725887371_6801830682510679741_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/597849068_1295929725887371_6801830682510679741_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/597849068_1295929725887371_6801830682510679741_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/597849068_1295929725887371_6801830682510679741_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/597849068_1295929725887371_6801830682510679741_n.jpg 1126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proud moment for Antigua and Barbuda &#8211; Deputy-Registrar of Pesticides &amp; Toxic Chemicals, Petranilla Estreada, represented our nation at the Interregional Dialogue on Phasing Out Highly Hazardous Pesticides (12\u201314 Nov [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-notices"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16457"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16461,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16457\/revisions\/16461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}