CropLife International

{{Short description|Agrochemical company trade association}} {{Infobox organization | name = CropLife International A.I.S.B.L. | image = CropLife Internationl Logo.png | image_size = 200px | image_alt = | caption = | map = | abbreviation = | formation = {{Start date and years ago|2001|07|07}} CropLife November 1996 GPFC 1967 GIFAP | type = Trade association, International association without lucrative purpose (AISBL), Nonprofit organization | status = | purpose = | headquarters = Brussels, Belgium | coordinates =  | num_members = | language =  | leader_title = President & CEO | leader_name = Emily Rees | main_organ =  | parent_organization =  | affiliations =  | num_staff = 20 (2018)<ref>[https://croplife.org/about/team/ CropLife website accessed February 26, 2018]</ref> | budget = | website = {{URL|https://croplife.org/}} | remarks = }} '''CropLife International''' is an international trade association of agrochemical companies founded in 2001. It was previously known as ''Global Crop Protection Federation''<ref>[https://gd.eppo.int/reporting/article-3751 GIFAP is now the Global Crop Protection Federation (GCPF)], EPPO Reporting Service no. 01 - 1997 Num. article: 1997/22</ref> and started out as ''International Group of National Associations of Manufacturers of Agrochemical Products''<ref>[http://termin.eki.ee/esterm/concept.php?id=27289&term=International%20Group%20of%20National%20Associations%20of%20Manufacturers%20of%20Agrochemical%20Products International Group of National Associations of Manufacturers of Agrochemical Products], Esterm (2001)</ref> in 1967. Its members include the world's largest agricultural biotechnology and agricultural pesticide businesses namely BASF, Bayer CropScience, Corteva, FMC Corp., Sumitomo Chemical and Syngenta.<ref name="members">{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://croplife.org/about/members/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=CropLife International |language=en-US}}</ref> The international body combines several national-level or continent-wide organisations, each one having the same goals but differing according to local language and custom.<ref>[https://croplife.org/about/members/ croplife.org: "Members"]</ref>

== History == In 1967, the International Group of National Associations of Manufacturers of Agrochemical Products (from {{Langx|fr|Groupement International des Associations Nationales de Fabricants de Produits Agrochimiques}}, GIFAP) was founded.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

In November 1996, GIFAP was renamed to Global Crop Protection Federation (GCPF).{{cn|date=December 2024}}

On 7 November 2001, GCPF was renamed to CropLife International.<ref>[https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100053777 CropLife International] UIA UNION OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS 2017 Open Yearbook.</ref>

On 2 November 2001, the CROP PROTECTION INSTITUTE OF CANADA morphed into the CropLife Canada entity.<ref name=icgc/> In a May 2005 defeat for CropLife Canada, the Court of Appeal for Ontario affirmed the ''Spraytech v Hudson'' decision and cemented the power of Canadian municipalities to pass by-laws controlling the use of pesticides within their boundaries.<ref name=clcl>[http://canlii.ca/t/1kg3l canlii.ca: "Croplife Canada v. Toronto (City), 2005 CanLII 15709 (ON CA)"]</ref>

== Structure == {{as of|2023}} CropLife International comprises the following six companies: BASF, Bayer CropScience, Corteva, FMC Corp., Sumitomo Chemical and Syngenta.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://croplife.org/about/members/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=CropLife International |language=en-US}}</ref> It also has 13 member associations: CropLife Brazil, PROCCYT, ArgenBio, CIB Japan, CropLife Africa Middle East, CropLife America, Biotechnology Innovation Organization, CropLife Asia, CropLife Canada, CropLife Latin America, CropLife Europe and Japan Crop Protection Association.<ref name="members" /> At least one of the "member associations" is actually a not-for-profit corporation, thus giving it legal personality.<ref name=icgc>[https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/scr/cc/CorporationsCanada/fdrlCrpDtls.html?corpId=380849&V_TOKEN=1525348945754&crpNm=croplife&crpNmbr=&bsNmbr= ic.gc.ca: "Federal Corporation Information Federal Corporation Information - 038084-9"]</ref>

CropLife International addresses issues related to crop protection (i.e., pesticides) and plant biotechnology and is part of a global network of crop protection and plant biotechnology associations.<ref>[https://partnerships.usaid.gov/partnership/safe-agricultural-chemical-use SAFE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL USE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227094311/https://partnerships.usaid.gov/partnership/safe-agricultural-chemical-use |date=2018-02-27 }}, USAID Partnerships website accessed February 2018.</ref>

CropLife International works with regional and national biotech associations in more than 40 countries around the world.<ref>[http://esango.un.org/irene/?page=viewProfile&type=ngo&nr=2031&section=9 CropLife International NGO in Roster Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)], ECOSOC Civil Society Netowork (2010).</ref> The CropLife International website says the organization is "the voice and leading advocate for the plant science industry, championing the role of agricultural innovations in crop protection and plant biotechnology to support and advance sustainable agriculture."<ref>[https://croplife.org/about/ CropLife "about us" website], accessed February 26, 2018.</ref>

CropLife is the parent organization<ref name="CropLife-resistance-management">{{cite web | title=Resistance Management | website=CropLife International | date=2018-02-28 | url=http://croplife.org/crop-protection/stewardship/resistance-mangement/ | access-date=2020-11-22 | archive-date=2020-12-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210133824/https://croplife.org/crop-protection/stewardship/resistance-mangement/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> of the {{visible anchor|Resistance Action Committee}}s: * Fungicide Resistance Action Committee * {{anchor|Herbicide Resistance Action Committee}}Herbicide Resistance Action Committee<ref name="HRAC">{{cite web | title=Who We Are | website=Herbicide Resistance Action Committee | date=2020-09-14 | url=http://hracglobal.com/who-we-are | access-date=2020-11-22}}</ref> * Insecticide Resistance Action Committee<ref>{{cite journal | last=Sparks | first=Thomas C | last2=Storer | first2=Nicholas | last3=Porter | first3=Alan | last4=Slater | first4=Russell | last5=Nauen | first5=Ralf | title=Insecticide resistance management and industry: the origins and evolution of the I nsecticide R esistance A ction C ommittee (IRAC) and the mode of action classification scheme | journal=Pest Management Science | volume=77 | issue=6 | date=2021 | issn=1526-498X | pmid=33421293 | pmc=8248193 | doi=10.1002/ps.6254 | doi-access=free | pages=2609–2619}}</ref> * {{visible anchor|Rodenticide Resistance Action Committee}}<ref name="RRAC">{{cite web | title=Home - Rodenticide Resistance Action Committee | website=RRAC - Rodenticide Resistance Action Committee | date=2019-09-13 | url=http://rrac.info/index.html | access-date=2022-05-13}}</ref>

==Activities== ===Accredited stakeholder=== CropLife has been engaging as an accredited stakeholder to the United Nations, OECD, European Food Safety Authority, the European Chemicals Agency and others.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/stakeholders-registered-list.pdf |title=List of EFSA Registered Stakeholders |website=efsa.europa |publisher=European Food Safety Authority |date=July 2024 |access-date=2024-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Accredited stakeholders - ECHA |url=https://echa.europa.eu/about-us/partners-and-networks/stakeholders/echas-accredited-stakeholder-organisations |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=echa.europa.eu |language=en-GB}}</ref>

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== External links == * [https://croplife.org/ CropLife International website]

Category:Agricultural organisations based in Belgium Category:Biotechnology advocacy Category:Crop protection organizations Category:Pesticide organizations Category:International organisations based in Belgium