As shown by Farah (1993) approximately 25% of
developing countries lack any kind of legislation to control the distribution
and use of pesticide, and 80% lack the resources to implement and
enforce the legislation that does exist. A further concern, exemplified by
recent research in Turkey (Durmusoglu et al., 2008) is the extent of
the penetration into local markets of so-called “me too” products —
pesticides containing off-patent active ingredients manufactured in
many Asian, Middle Eastern and North African countries. In the case of