Exceptions should be allowed only in case of bad weather conditions during a prolonged period of time that makes mechanical weeding unfeasible.

Against weeds, mechanical weeding or other non-chemical methods such as use of heat should be preferred.

It is just a full day’s job, with a hoe in your hand and your back to the sun.

24. Emphasises that a variety of 'low risk' crop protection products should be available to prevent the development of pest resistance; stresses the need for preference to be given, whenever possible, to organic methods of pest control and to the use of sound farming practices (in particular crop rotation, weeding and a reduction in the amounts of pesticide applied), rather than to the systematic use of pesticides, and for products which are known to be hazardous to be replaced by more selective, less persistent and more biodegradable products;

24. Stresses the need for preference to be given, whenever possible, to organic methods of pest control and to the use of sound farming practices (in particular crop rotation, weeding and a reduction in the amounts of pesticide applied), rather than to the systematic use of pesticides, and for products which are known to be hazardous to be replaced by more selective, less persistent and more biodegradable products;

A civil society does not grow without constant cross-pollination and constant nurturing care.