OverviewIn March 2021, China’s pesticide import and export volume slightly decreased while value increased over the same period of last year, with a trade surplus of $1.251 billion. The import and exp...
A Mexican federal judge ruled against a request by the National Farm Council to freeze a government plan to ban genetically modified (GMO) corn and the widely used herbicide glyphosate by 2024, the na...
On Friday, 14th May, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) published, in the Official Gazette, Ordinance No. 306 that revised and updated the procedures in the National Program for ...
According to China Pesticide Registration Watch, 140 product registrations from 110 companies were approved by the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) in April,...
IntroductionThe use of toxic pesticides in agriculture has poisoned our soil, our water, and our air, impacting our own health and that of our planet. Biopesticides (Bioprotection products) provide a ...
It might be hard to believe, but you may never have seen the most abundant animal on Earth: soil nematodes! They represent eighty percent of animal life by number and live in nearly every habitat. The...
Plant diseases don’t stop at a nation’s borders and miles of oceans don’t prevent their spread, either. That’s why plant disease surveillance, improved plant disease detection systems and predictive p...
Bentazone, due review for re-approval in 2025, is commonly used by UK growers on beans, peas, linseed, alliums and potatoes.However, it is highly soluble in water and mobile in soil. As such, bentazon...
By Prof Rohan RajapakseSri Lanka is at present engaged in a total agrochemical ban as decided by the government. There are two aspects; the first is the ban on chemical fertilizers and the second is t...
According to CISource,in March 2021, the national output of chemical pesticide technicals was 243,000 tons, and the cumulative output from January to March hit 624,000 tons, an increase of 5.2% year-o...
By Michel NkurunzizaA €7.66 million research and innovation project is expected to promote ‘push-pull technology’, an eco-friendly approach to use some ‘repellent plant species’ in combating pests tha...
When India was hit by the first wave of COVID-19 from January to June 2020, agriculture turned out to be a bright spot. The Economic Survey estimated that India’s GVA for the entire economy will contr...