In support of the Trump Administration’s ongoing commitment to increase transparency and at the request of retailers, states, and industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is allowing registrants of antimicrobial pesticide products to more efficiently disclose iner...

Insecticides used in ant bait, and chemicals found in timber treatment substances, are among the additions to the New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority’s (EPA) priority list for reassessment.EPA regulates hazardous chemicals under the Hazardous Substances and New Organis...

Kenya could be losing the fight against desert locust invasion after it emerged the use of pesticides is ineffective in the war.Coastal counties of Lamu, Tana River and Kilifi have already reported desert locust invasion in the second wave of attack that has left farmers counting...

France will give financial aid to farmers who agree to halt use of glyphosate, the farm ministry said on Monday after President Macron said he had failed with efforts to ban use of the weedkiller by 2021.Glyphosate, first developed by Bayer’s Monsanto under the Roundup brand, has...

EFSA is to assess a number of emergency authorisations granted by Member States for the use of neonicotinoids in sugar beet in 2020.The request from the European Commission covers 21 emergency authorisations of clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and thiacloprid granted by A...

The US EPA is taking the next step in its regulatory review of chlorpyrifos, an insecticide used for a large variety of agricultural uses and non-agricultural uses. EPA is proposing measures to reduce the risks identified in the agency’s September 2020 draft risk assessments to b...

Getting growth back on track with agriculture is the need of the moment, especially as ‘Make in India’ to ‘Make for the World’ is the new mantra in Atmanirbhar Bharat rhetoric after thepandemic. Ease of Doing Business in agribusiness and attracting investment is the quintessence ...

When the Union Finance Minister proposed 16-point action plan to boost agriculture and farmers' welfare while presenting the budget earlier this year, the stage was set for liberalisation of the farm sector.There has been a long-pending demand of the comprehensive reforms to make...

Chemicals & Fertilisers Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday asked agrochemical industry to focus on development on new products and judicious use of pesticides as the sector has huge unrealised potential for growth.Addressing a conference organised by industry body FICCI, the...

Market sizeIn 2019, the Korean crop protection market was valued at US$1.26 billion. In terms of the pesticide category, insecticides have the highest market share, accounting for 38.1%, followed by fungicides with 34.5% and herbicides and others with 24.6% and 2.8%, respectively...