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Phosphorus supply is increasingly disrupted – we are sleepwalking into a global food crisis
2023-02-03
Without phosphorus food cannot be produced, since all plants and animals need it to grow. Put simply: if there is no phosphorus, there is no life. As such, phosphorus-based fertilisers – it is the "P" in "NPK" fertiliser – have become critical to the global food system. Most phos...
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Plant protection of the future may come from the plants themselves
2023-02-03
We are more in this world than just ourselves. We all have chemical and microbial signatures that influence our well-being in one way or another. In medicine, the use of probiotics rather than antibiotics has become high on the agenda. However, humans and animals are not the only...
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Bioinput market grows 67% during 2021-22 crop in Brazil
2023-02-03
Biologically-based pesticides and bioinoculants accounted for sales worth BRL2.905 billion (US$560 million) in Brazil in the 2021-22 harvest, according to the FarmTrak survey conducted by consultancy company Kynetec. The document, obtained directly by AgroPages, showed a 67% grow...
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India: Consumption of chemical pesticides is not reducing while the use of bio-pesticides increases ...
2023-01-19
Data provided by the government in the Parliament indicates that the consumption of Chemical Pesticides has not reduced in the country with the consumption averaging around 60,000 MT in the last nine years. On the other hand, the consumption of bio-pesticides has increased by mor...
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Bio-pesticides bloom in greenhouses
2023-01-19
Canada’s floriculture industry is not small. In 2020, sales of flowers, bedding plants and potted plants was $1.7 billion. Most of those plants are grown inside southern Ontario and British Columbia greenhouses. Like other Canadian farmers, floriculture producers have problems wi...
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Agro Chem Federation of India urges Union Finance Ministry to reduce import duty and GST on crop pro...
2023-01-19
Agro Chem Federation of India (ACFI) has urged to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to reduce import duty on crop protection chemicals and provide fiscal incentives to private players for undertaking research and development in association with Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) in t...
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China’s GM seeds to be commercialized
2023-01-19
China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently held a GMO validation meeting, covering some 20 product varieties. If the seed varieties are finally approved, a pilot sale of GM maize seeds may begin in the first quarter of 2023.? According to the latest industry infor...
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Study finds link between evolution and herbicide resistance
2023-01-19
A study of one of the worst weed-control problems facing farmers worldwide – herbicide resistance – has helped a team of scientists determine the genes behind an evolutionary plant trait. The trait is NTSR, or non-target site herbicide resistance. Clemson University associate pro...
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Crop protection chemicals essential to ensure food security in India: ACFI
2023-01-19
In India, a lot of misinformation or myths are being propagated on crop protection chemicals and a narrative based on misinformation is being pushed to harm India’s food security and farmers’ interests, was the conclusion of a seminar organised by the industry body of crop protec...
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Humic-based biostimulants market prognosticated for a ravishing growth by 2029
2023-01-13
Latest Study on Industrial Growth of Humic-based Biostimulants Market 2023-2029. A detailed study accumulated to offer current insights about important features of the Humic-based Biostimulants Market. The report contains different market predictions related to revenue size, prod...
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