A total of 668,386 tons of agrochemicals were imported into Brazil last year, according to a survey by the Brazilian Chemical Industry Association (Abiquim). The result represents a drop of 5.8% in co...
Chlorantraniliprole is the largest insecticide variety in the global market with more than 80 registrations worldwide for crop applications for control of over 50 targeted objects. In 2016, with a lea...
The establishment of two state-of-the-art pesticide testing labs in North and South Kashmir that were announced last year to curb the menace of spurious chemicals is awaiting administrative approval.T...
Chemical pesticides have long been used as pest control agents for human and plant protection. But growing concern over the effects of these harmful substances, particularly their toxicity and unspeci...
Punjab and Bihar lead in the per hectare consumption of fertilisers, while Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are the major consumers of chemical pesticides. In fact, Maharashtra, along with West Bengal, a...
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a proposed interim decision for picloram and interim decisions for clopyralid, dithiopyr and triclopyr to address ecological risks.The interi...
The agrochemical market in Brazil had a 10.4% reduction in dollar value in 2020, with revenues of US$12.1 billion as against $13.5 billion in 2019. The data refers to applied products and is released ...
The Business Intelligence Panel (BIP) survey conducted by the consultancy company, Spark Smarter Decisions, highlighted a 3% drop, in US dollars, in the trade in pesticides for sugarcane in Brazil. Ac...
Being part of the biointrants sector, biopesticides have already proven their importance to this market. According to CropLife, in 2020, Brazil reached the milestone of having 20 million ha treated wi...
The latest information from China’s State Bureau of Statistics showed that, due to the continuous increase in the price of international crude oil, prices in domestic oil-related industries have also ...
The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture approved 67 more pesticides for use by farmers, according to a publication in the Official Gazette.Of these new pesticides, three have active ingredients that are...
Since 1983, the bacteria Pantoea ananatis has been known to infect several important crops including onions, rice, and corn. It was unclear, however, what molecules were involved. A new study, publish...
