The EU’s law enforcement agency, Europol, says it took 1,203 tonnes of illegal pesticides off the market between January and April on the back of a rise in online sales of banned substances.Europol coordinated the sixth edition of operation “Silver Axe”, targeting the trade in co...

The high prices of grains in the international market have caused a gradual increase in the input baskets used in their production. In addition, international production and logistical complications have leveraged these movements.The first products to follow the rise in grain pri...

The Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) Kenya has announced that it has registered 109 biopesticides for farmers to use as alternatives for other products that are harmful to humans and the environment.The announcement was made during a three-part public webinar series on pesticid...

On 11th June, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a meeting with seven national administration departments. During the meeting, the ministry clearly stated that 10 highly toxic pesticides would be phased out stage-by-stage, especially those that are detecte...

EFSA and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) have received a draft assessment of glyphosate carried out by four EU Member States and will now begin to consider the findings. Glyphosate – the most widely used herbicide in the world – is currently authorised for use in the EU unti...

Chemical crop protection products will not be banned in Switzerland, nor for consumers nor for growers. Neither will it be prohibited to import produce and products made using them. That's the result from yesterday's referendum. Also the drinking water initiative, which wouldn't ...

The regulation of pesticides in the EU has become increasingly controversial. But what are the views of EU citizens and how would proposed reforms affect public support for EU pesticides regulation? Jonathan Zeitlin, Maria Weimer, David van der Duin, Theresa Kuhn and Martin Dybda...

Fungal diseases in cereal crops cause major economic losses and also threaten human and livestock health, because some fungi produce powerful toxins that might enter the food chain. Farmers use fungicides to control crop diseases, such as wheat head blight. Although agrochemicals...

As part of a broad-based initiative to address the plant protection needs of the Eastern Africa nations, a practical training programme on Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) was delivered to experts drawn from the National Plant Protection Organizations (NPPO) of Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea...

Currently, Ukraine is at the final stage of approval of the maximum permissible levels for the residuals of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl in agricultural products and foodstuff at the level of 0.01 mg/kg (mg / l). This decision is approved by the draft Order of the Ministr...