• EU bans pesticide active ingredient dimoxystrobin 2023-09-08 The European Commission has decided not to renew the approval of the pesticide active ingredient dimoxystrobin. The non-renewal is based on concerns over the potential for toxic metabolites of dimoxystrobin to contaminate groundwater. The Commission Implementing Regulation states...
• How and why Brazil became the largest producer and consumer of biocontrol products 2023-09-01 There are three possible reasons for Brazil to emerge as the world’s largest producer and user of biocontrol agents, pointed out researchers Wagner Bettiol from Embrapa, and Flávio Medeiros from the Federal University of Lavras.            Wagner Bettiol from Embrapa, and Flávio ...
• Glyphosate ban will have economic impacts on European agriculture but effects are heterogenous and u... 2023-08-18 Glyphosate is the most widely used pesticide in Europe. However, due to its potential effects on human health, its renewal is currently under discussion in European policy.    Here, researchers synthesize the existing evidence on potential farm-level economic impacts of a potenti...
• Invitation for Sahara 2023 Exhibition 2023-08-15 This is a sincere invitation from Nanjing Essence Fine-Chemical Co., Ltd. We will attend the biggest exhibition in Middle East -- Sahara. Welcome visit us at booth (H2. E20). The exhibition will be held in the Egypt International Exhibition Center from the 10th to 12th of Septemb...
• Chinese pesticide exports decreased 17.54% year-on-year from January to May 2023, industry developme... 2023-08-11 Over the past two years, the international pesticide market trend has been continually impacted by the complex and ever-changing international situation, as well as the reshaped global energy and supply chain patterns. Since the end of 2022 to 2023, the Chinese pesticide market h...
• New biocontrol agent production model to fight fall armyworm in Bangladesh 2023-08-11 The use of biological control agents (BCAs) to manage pests is a concept not yet fully embraced by farmers. This is especially true in Bangladesh, where the invasive pest, fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), has affected many crops. First seen in Bangladesh in November 2018, f...
• Pesticide registrations and importation in the Philippines in 2022 2023-08-11 In 2022, the Philippines' Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA)'s Pesticide Regulations Division (PRD) issued 7,262 regulatory documents. These include the issuance of Experimental Use Permit (EUP), processing of product registration, licensing of pesticide handlers, Certifica...
• Pakistan, China to set up joint lab for crop pest management 2023-08-11 University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF) and Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science (IPPCAAS) signed a LoI in Beijing last Thursday for establishing the Pakistan-China joint laboratory for crop pest management.   The two sides will kick start th...
• Brazilian pesticide market reaches US$20 billion in 2022-23 cycle 2023-08-11 The market for crop protection products moved around US$20 billion in Brazil during the 2022/23 agricultural season, according to Kynetec Consulting. This was due to the strong appreciation of the Brazilian Real against the US Dollar while there was a drop in prices of agricultur...
• Coffee cultivation in Brazil moves BRL2.7 billion in pesticides 2023-08-11 Coffee cultivation in Brazil handled BRL2.7 billion in pesticide products in the 2022-23 harvest, according to the FarmTrak study by the Kynetec consultancy, which was exclusively seen by AgroPages. In states where the robusta variety predominates, which occupies 441,000 hectares...

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