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Dollar crisis hurts pesticide imports, may hit crop output in Bangladesh
2023-02-17
Crop protection chemical sellers in Bangladesh are facing difficulty in opening letters of credit amid banks' lack of interest owing to the crunch of the US dollar. This raises concerns about a shortage of pesticides and other similar inputs that could affect the productivity of ...
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Mexico doubles down against glyphosate, GMO corn in new decree
2023-02-17
Mexico’s government published a decree on Monday to revoke authorizations and permits to import, produce, distribute and use the herbicide glyphosate and genetically modified (GM) corn in the midst of trade tensions with the United States, its biggest supplier. Mexico will not gr...
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European Parliament to push for 80% pesticides reduction target
2023-02-17
The Member of the European Parliament leading the revision of the EU’s pesticide framework is pushing for more ambition both in targets and timelines for EU-wide pesticide cuts, according to a draft report seen by EURACTIV. ? ? The European Parliament, which has to pass the legis...
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EU area under organic farming grows by 41% in five years
2023-02-17
The area under organic farming in the European Union (EU) has increased by 41% within five years reaching 14.8 million hectares in 2020, according to a report published by the European Commission. EU agricultural land farmed organically grew by more than 50% in the 2012-2020 peri...
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China: Focus turns to oil crops as spring planting season nears
2023-02-10
China's top agricultural official has urged local authorities to strengthen grainfield management and shore up planting areas of major oil crops in the runup to the annual springtime planting season, which starts between February and May nationally from south to north. Tang Renji...
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GST Rates on agrochemicals be maintained at 18%to avoid distortion caused due to inverted duty struc...
2023-02-10
Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI) the largest manufacturers and exporters of agrochemicals while appreciating the proposed changes in budget have reiterated that the present GST of 18% on pesticides should be maintained as all the raw material, packing material, containers, pl...
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More than half the biologicals registered in Brazil are insecticides
2023-02-10
In recent years, the Brazilian agricultural market has registered an increase in demand for products of biological origin for crops, positioning itself as the primary market in Latin America for this sector. The increase has been driven by the good results in the fields, the null...
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Union Budget 2023-24 approves increase in customs duty on imports of readymade pesticides formulatio...
2023-02-10
The agrochemical industry was pressing the central government to increase the customs duty on the import of pesticide formulations as it was detrimental to the manufacturers in India. The Pesticides Manufacturers & Formulators Association of India (PMFAI) had submitted various pr...
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Phytophagous bugs become the worst pests of soybeans and corn in Brazil
2023-02-10
Phytophagous stink bugs are currently the most important pests in the soy-corn production system, an article by Germison Tomquelski and Paulo Chagas, researchers from the consultancy Desafios Agro, has pointed out. Left: Germison Tomquelski??? Right: Paulo Chagas ″There are signi...
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Increases in agriculture R&D are justified to combat risks to global wheat supplies from crop pathog...
2023-02-03
Crop diseases cause severe food and economic losses around the global, and these losses are consequential for farmers and consumers alike. Climate change is amplifying these issues by increasing plant stress and expanding the natural ranges of pathogens and attendant threats to h...
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