Food and nutrition security is one of the foremost challenges of the 21st century. The world’s population is slated to touch 9.1 billion by 2050, leading to the increasing demand for food production, ...
The pesticide chlorothalonil is officially banned in Costa Rica after President Rodrigo Chaves signed an official decree prohibiting its use. This decree highlights that Chlorothalonil is a non-syst...
The Brazilian Senate approved a bill on November 28 that modernizes the rules for approval, registration, and commercialization of agrochemicals. Bill 1,459/2022 has long been a demand from the agribu...
A few days ago, China Agrotechnology Extension & Service Center predicted the occurrence of pests, diseases and weeds on wheat, rice and corn, as well as other food crops in China, together with a pes...
Plant Nematode Diseases Emerge as the Second Largest Phytopathological Threat in China With global climate change, the evolution of China's cropping systems, and the rapid expansion of high-value ag...
The Brazilian government has published two new regulations that establish new rules for the registration of agricultural pesticides. The regulations are signed by the three entities responsible for th...
The European Union will extend glyphosate's authorisation for 10 years, even though its member states failed to agree over the active ingredient in Bayer AG's Roundup weedkiller. Glyphosate has prov...
Brazil’s agrochemical market reached an estimated value of $20 billion in the 2022-2023 cycle, representing monumental growth of 43% over the prior year's $14 billion, according to exclusive data from...
On September 7, 2023, the General Office of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the ″Letter to seek for opinions on ban of omethoate-included 4 high-toxic pesticides,″ stating...
Latin America is moving towards becoming the largest global market for biocontrol formulations, according to the market intelligence company DunhamTrimmer. By the end of the decade, the region will...
No wonder, India’s agrochemical exports reached a new high of US$ 5.5 billion for the financial year 2022-23 from US$ 4.9 billion in 2021-22. The growth has been a whopping 108% from 2017- 18 when Ind...
During the first semester of the new Brazilian government, which took office this year, the Ministry of Agriculture approved the registration of 231 pesticides. The pace of approvals during this per...