The Ministry of Agriculture issued a draft order, ‘Banning of Insecticides Order, 2020’, in May this year which prohibits the manufacture, sale, and use of 27 pesticides in India as they were likely t...
“To B(an) or not to B(an)” sounds nearly like the Shakespearean soliloquy, but for the difference that this is a public debate on a decision by the Indian government to ban a few hazardous pesticides,...
As per China Pesticide Registration Watch, on May 22, the abamectin 0.5% GR filed by a Chinese agrochemical company was granted registration for the control of the citrus meloidogyne. This is the firs...
As per China Pesticide Registration Watch, to March 2019, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs approved 418 pesticide registrations for use on watermelon. In terms of variety, the reg...
By think Real - On 3 July, 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) convened video conference regarding facilitating the implementation of prevention and control of spodoptera frugip...
An expert group of Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University has urged the Central government to rethink on ban of 27 pesticides it has listed in a draft gazette notification recently ...
The central government's proposal to ban 27 pesticides, accounting for 15-20 per cent of the Rs 45,000 crore organised agrochemical sector revenue, is unlikely to impact manufacturers materially due t...
China could help India to address a locust plague with its emergency response capacity in pest control, although Chinese experts and industry insiders pointed out that the Indian government should cre...
On May 14th, 2020, Indian Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare issued a directive saying that no one should import, produce, sell, transport, distribute and use 27 pesticide varieties beginning...
In the latest feedback to the Survey: Africa's Pesticide Importing Status, many readers pointed out that sales of fungicides in the African market are increasing. They also hope that AgroPages can ana...
Floods have hit 27 provinces, autonomous regions and cities in China as of 12:00 hours, July 12, including Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei and Hunan, affecting 37.89 million people with 141 people having died o...
A relatively small swarm of crop-eating locusts has arrived in Gujarat’s Bhuj from Somalia via Pakistan, Union agriculture ministry’s Locust Warning Organisation (LWO) said on Wednesday and added auth...
