Africa leads the progress among the regions of the world in adopting biotech crops by doubling the number of adopting countries in 2019. This is according to the latest report of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) on the Global Stat...

India is an agrarian country. Here around 58 per cent people are dependent on agriculture. Although the cultivated area has been reduced due to urbanization and housing requirements, its fast growing population needs increase in agriculture productivity. Use of crop protection me...

The import of agrochemicals in Costa Rica increased by 37% during the last five years, indicates the State of the Nation 2020 report.While in 2015, the country imported 13.1 million kilograms (kg) of active ingredients, the figure increased to 18 million kg by 2019, according to ...

Imidacloprid is an insecticide used against pests affecting cotton, sugar cane and citrus crops. The product is used mainly during the wettest period, with its highest demand being at the start of the year.Therefore, it is important for rural producers to plan and monitor trends ...

The use of a class of insecticides known as neonicotinoids has been restricted in Switzerland since 2018.Neonicotinoids are a class of neuro-active insecticides chemically similar to nicotine developed in the 80s and 90s. They attack the nervous system of insects causing paralysi...

Seed treatments aim to protect germinating crops from diseases. In collaboration with the agricultural cooperative fenaco, Agroscope examined thermal methods using steam and warm water, among others, for the treatment of cereal seed. The results demonstrate the great potential of...

The agrochemical sector's revenue is likely to grow 12-14 per cent in the ongoing financial year due to a sharp recovery in offtake from domestic agriculture sector and continuing healthy exports, according to a report.Domestic revenue, which accounts for almost half of the secto...

There were 676 petrochemical-dominant industrial parks in China as of 2018, according to statistics released by the Chemical Industrial Park Working Committee of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation. Of these, 57 were national-level chemical industrial parks (inclusiv...

While the entire world is grappling with the Covid-19 calamity, some business segments have been largely unaffected and this calamity has turned into an opportunity for them. While globally, the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted most of the sectors with varying degrees, food related...

The American Soybean Assn. (ASA) and the Plains Cotton Growers have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's registration of the herbicide dicamba for use on soybean and cotton crops genetically engineered to withstand "over-the-top" applications of dica...