RT null T1 Chemicals and Waste Management Sharing of strategies A1 United Nations Environment Programme, YR 2012 FD 2012-11-22 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/13629 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/13629 NO Context: Asia is mostly agriculture land• 925 million people are hungry and malnourished around the globe. Around 578 million of them are in Asia, with women and children as the most vulnerable.• Corporate Agriculture: chemical-intensive, monocropping; increased use and dependence on seeds, pesticides and fertilizers sold by seeds and agro-chemical TNCs – impacts highly on the biodiversity, access to land/resources; environment, and human health.• Corporate control: Expansion of the highly profitable input industry-i.e. the agrochemical TNCs ((who are also the world’s seed industry giants NO https://www.unep.org/civil-society/Portals/24105/documents/RCMs/2012/ROAP/Session%207%20-%20Chemicals%20and%20Waste%20Management_PAN%20AP%20ARWC.pdf DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 22, 2026