The EU-27 has 156.7 million hectares devoted to agriculture. In 2019, nearly 12.5 million hectares, i.e. about 8% of the total area, were devoted to organic farming. However, the goal of the "From Far...
Brazil is a country of a huge territory with abundant resources. Up for today according to Crop Life Brasil we have around 20 Million ha treated with Biological Products, growing 23% in 2020 when comp...
Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation al-Sayed al-Quseir announced Saturday that a plan has been developed to reduce Egypt’s consumption of chemical pesticides and replace them with biopesticid...
Ineffective bio-pesticides that are being used in neighboring countries are challenging Ethiopia’s effort to control the desert locust invasion which hit five regions so far, The Reporter has learnt.S...
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that unique fungi strengthen the immune systems of wheat and bean plants against aphids. Fungi enter and influence the amount of a plant's...
CABI scientists and a consortium of four French partners have stepped up the search to find a natural enemy for the invasive western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) having 340 novel pro...
Since 2015, Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has initiated the zero-growth program on the use of fertilizer and pesticide. After five years of implementation, up until the end of 2020...
Recently, prices of 12 kinds of pesticides in Chinese market has risen again, including glyphosate 1.95%, acetochlor 4.92%, butachlor 5.92%, emamectin benzoate 9.70% and avermectin powder 8.95%.Analys...
The Pesticides Management Bill (Amendment), 2020 has been approved by the Union Cabinet. The bill will regulate the business of pesticides and compensate farmers just in case of any losses from the ut...
Pesticide and agrochemical makers have sought a reduction in the GST in the Budget to spur the use of crop protection chemicals by farmers in the country.The Pesticide Manufacturers & Formulators Asso...
The agriculture sector is critical for the Indian economy contributing to ~15 per cent of the country’s GDP and employing half of the country’s working population. Despite the fall in GDP in the Ap...
