You will pick an agricultural policy topic you are interested in learning more about. The only topics you may not choose are ones you previously wrote about for an assignment completed in this class...

Running Head: NEONICOTINOID POLICY        1
NEONICOTINOID POLICY        7
NEONICOTINOID POLICY
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
1. Problem being addressed    3
2. Key Policy Issues Involved in Regulatory or Legislative Deliberations    4
3. Interests Involved in the Topic and their Primary Interest or Concerns    5
4. Personal View    5
Conclusion    5
References    7
Introduction
    The agricultural policy selected for the study is neonicotinoid policy. As mentioned by Woodcock et al. (2016), neonicotinoids can be defined as the new class of the insecticides. These insecticides include acetamiprid, imidacloprid, thiacloprid, clothianidin, nitenpyram, thiamethoxam and dinotefuran. It has been seen that neonicotinoid are commonly used in agriculture and veterinary medicine. These insecticides are the high target specificity neurochemicals, which attacks the insects. These chemicals are considered to have low risk for non-target mammalian species and environment.
On the contrary, these chemicals have versatility in their application method. It has been seen that imidacloprid is the insecticide, which belong to the neonicotinoids group, which is used as a dermal application on animals, for grub control and crop protection. This chemical gets the popularity in the global insecticide market as 20% of this chemical is sold in the market. The neonicotinoid policy is developed by the United Kingdom for the regulation of the selling of the neonicotinoid.
1. Problem being addressed
    The neonicotinoid policy addresses the issue of the selling or banning of the neonicotinoid class of the chemicals. As noted by Woodcock et al. (2017), it has been seen that despite getting the popularity in the insecticides market, there is great controversy towards the use of chemical. In 2013, there was rise in the concern towards the use of the neonicotinoid insecticides. This is because apart of killing of the harmful insects, this chemical is harming the beneficial insects such as bees. As suggested by Hung, Kingston, Albrecht, Holway and Kohn (2018), honeybees are the natural pollinators, which are needed for the pollination. Honeybees are responsible for the main pollination in the plants.
The lowering in the number of the honeybees can affect the process of pollination, as an outcome, it affects the process of fertilisation, which is necessary to produce fruits and seeds. It must be noted that neonicotinoid are the chemicals, which is designed to target the nervous system of the insects that consume crops. European Commission taken an action to restrict the use of the three most widely use of the neonicotinoids on the flowering crops and ornamental plants whose main pollinators are bees. In 2018, Food Safety Authority of Europe found the traces of the neonicotinoid on the non-target species, which led to the banning of the clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. As suggested by Woodcock et al. (2018), it has been seen that neonicotinoid pesticides and their immediate metabolites remain persistent in the environment.
However, this insecticide is permitted to be used on the non-flowering crops such as sugar beet. The persistence existence of the chemical in the environment allowed it to move out from the agricultural crop area into hedges and margin. Apart from this, the small and detectable quantities of neonicotinoids had been recovered from the flowering plant. They are present on the flowers, which are planted near the crop fields. These are mainly present on the wild flowers, which are planted with the aim to attract the pollinators. It has been seen that there is detrimental impact on the population of the bumblebee and threatened them. The exposure to the neonicotinoid becomes responsible for the lowering of the insecticides.
2. Key Policy...