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| Herbicide Resistance Action Committee | |
|---|---|
| Name | Herbicide Resistance Action Committee |
| Abbreviation | HRAC |
| Formation | 1980s |
| Type | Industry committee |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
| Region served | Global |
Herbicide Resistance Action Committee.
The Herbicide Resistance Action Committee is an industry-led consortium formed to address herbicide resistance through coordination among Bayer AG, Corteva Agriscience, Syngenta, BASF, Monsanto Company and other agrochemical firms, engaging with stakeholders such as Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization, United Nations Environment Programme, European Commission and United States Department of Agriculture to provide guidance on resistance management, stewardship, education and research.
Founded during the late 1980s amid rising cases in regions like California, Queensland, Argentina, France and South Africa, the committee emerged as an initiative by leading agrochemical companies including DuPont and Zeneca Group to respond to reports from institutions such as CSIRO, University of California, Davis, INRAE and CSIRO Division of Entomology about evolving resistance patterns, and coordinated initial efforts with International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, CIMMYT and CGIAR centers.
The committee comprises corporate members, scientific advisers and technical working groups drawn from firms such as FMC Corporation, Nufarm, Sumitomo Chemical, Nippon Soda and ADAMA Agricultural Solutions, with liaison roles linking to regulatory agencies including European Food Safety Authority, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority and research organizations such as Rothamsted Research and John Innes Centre.
The group developed a classification system categorizing herbicides by mode of action, aligning terminology used by researchers at Weed Science Society of America, European Weed Research Society, International Herbicide-Resistant Weed Database contributors and academics from University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, Purdue University and Iowa State University to aid practitioners in rotation strategies and to inform studies published in journals like Weed Science, Pest Management Science and Crop Protection.
Programs include stewardship campaigns, extension materials and technical guidance delivered in partnership with FAO, CABI, International Union for Conservation of Nature and national extension networks such as Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service, University of California Cooperative Extension and Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (Western Australia), and they organize workshops, webinars and guidelines used by growers represented by bodies like National Farmers' Union (United Kingdom), American Farm Bureau Federation, Grains Research and Development Corporation and National Farmers Federation (Australia).
The committee’s classification and guidelines have been cited in regulatory decisions by European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and incorporated into advisory material from World Bank projects, while critics from groups such as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Pesticide Action Network and researchers at University of Wageningen and Cornell University have raised concerns about industry influence, transparency, data access and perceived conflicts of interest, prompting debates in forums like Convention on Biological Diversity, Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and panels at World Fertilizer Conference.
The committee collaborates with multinational initiatives and policy bodies including Global Environment Facility, World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Group of Twenty and regional regulators such as Canadian Food Inspection Agency to harmonize stewardship guidance, influence integrated weed management adoption supported by projects with IFAD, UNEP Global Programme of Action and research consortia like Euphresco and engages in dialogues at conferences such as International Congress of Plant Pathology, European Conference on Weed Research and International Congress of Entomology.
Category:Agricultural organisations Category:Pesticide industry