Analysis of government responses to the second questionnaire on the state of implementation of the international code of conduct on the distribution and use of pesticides
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The basic purpose was to monitor the observance of the Code, measure its impact, and identify those issues which should receive priority attention in the future.
The SECOND Questionnaire contained 144 questions (slightly more than the FIRST one in order to accommodate PIC), arranged according to the Articles of the Code. As in the case of the FIRST one, it was a "mirror-image" of the Code and sought to determine the extent of observance of each provision of the Code. An attempt has been made to confine the Narrative/Graphic Summary section to comparing the "state of affairs" in 1993/94 versus the pre-Code situation in 1986, based on a number of key aspects or key indicators that cover most of the main elements of the Code.
In order to bring out deficiencies and shortcomings more clearly "into focus", in certain cases where the FAO questionnaire allowed for intermediate answers in between a simple "yes" or "no", e.g., "occasionally" or "partly", all responses other than "yes" were grouped together as "no". Thus, in such cases, a slightly more negative conclusion may have been drawn than is the actual case.