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China’s agricultural microbial concentrate standard to be promulgated
2017-07-25
Chinese Ministry of Agriculture will soon promulgate the industry standard for agricultural microbial concentrate. In the meantime, proceeding of research and product registration of soil remediation microbial agent is in full progress. The agricultural microbial concentrate stan...
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China’s yellow phosphorus ex-works price 30% up, downstream pesticide price impacted
2017-07-25
At present, China’s chemical production capacity is in general running not high while stocks are at low side, the relatively short supply may further boost up market price. Phosphorite and electric power-associated business enterprises will appear to benefit from the rising price...
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Chinese Agriculture Ministry’s new pesticide regulations effective from August 1
2017-07-19
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture passed a resolution at its sixth executive meeting on June 23 regarding the implementation of five pesticide regulations, which will come into effect from August 1 this year.The new regulations are: Pesticide Registration Regulation under ref M...
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China’s pesticide enterprises keep zero inventory level owing to high production costs
2017-07-14
With environmental rules becoming increasingly stringent in 2017, pesticide production has become expensive, resulting in lower rate of production within the pesticide enterprises. The inventory level of pesticide enterprises has thus reduced, which is attributable to the high co...
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Global food insecurity: Could the next generation have the answer?
2017-07-13
Global leaders already agree that to address food insecurity, we must align agricultural methods and use technology to transform farming into an innovative, forward-looking sector.Author: Adrian Percy, head of Research & Development at Bayer Crop Science.It’s no secret – farming ...
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7th Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Agriculture and Agrarian Development held in Nanjing
2017-06-21
BRICS Ministers of Agriculture pose for photo at the 7th Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Agriculture and Agrarian Development in Nanjing, China on 16 June 2017. BRICS Ministers of Agriculture and Heads of Delegations of international organizations pose for photo at the 7th Meeting ...
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China registered 199 pesticide products in May with Glufosinate-ammonium registered most
2017-06-20
According to China Pesticide Registration Watch, 199 products were granted registration from Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) in May, 2017. These registration includes 81 herbicide , 48 fungicides, 48 insecticides, 11 plant growth regula...
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Present status of Chinese agriculture & agrochemical enterprises
2017-06-09
The Chinese pesticide industry has, in general, appeared to pick up since 2016. However, agrochemical enterprises still face many challenges with policy, environmental and market issues. This paper addresses the general development of Chinese agriculture as well as future trends ...
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China, UN agency seek cooperation on agriculture
2017-06-07
China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative office in China have released a planning framework for agriculture cooperation in the 2016-2020 period.The framework outlines four major fields for cooperation: jointly pushing...
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China’s soil conditioner market potential pegged at $10 billion,but suffering from scarcity of produ...
2017-06-02
The ongoing misuse of agricultural material in China's agriculture has resulted in serious soil damage. So much so that the area contaminated by agriculture is now larger than that contaminated by industry. Land use is confronted with new challenges, where soil conditioner, which...