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China’s pesticide intermediates output to reach 5.3 million tons in 2022
2021-11-26
At present, China and India are the world’s main producers of pesticide technical and intermediates. From 2017, China’s pesticide technical production began to decline, but the prices of pesticide technical began to rise. In 2019, the production of pesticide technical started to ...
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Chinese Customs authority increase the frequency and intensity of casual inspection on hazardous che...
2021-11-26
Recently, AgroPages learned from pesticide exporters that the casual inspection on hazardous chemicals for export conducted by Chinese Customs authority has substantially escalated, where frequency of inspection is excessively high, while taking a longer time and being over strin...
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Russia’s guaranteed fertilizer supply ensures security for new crops in Brazil
2021-11-26
In the medium term, guaranteeing the delivery of fertilizers by both the government and Russian companies will offer security for maintaining good productivity during future Brazilian harvests. This is the analysis of Sergio De Zen, Director of Agricultural Policy and Information...
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Biopesticides: Natural alternatives to toxic chemicals for pest and disease control
2021-11-26
Throughout the 20th century, the use of chemical pesticides was widely adopted in agriculture to control insect pests, weeds, and plant diseases. However, many of these pesticides are now known to be harmful to human health and the environment, leading numerous countries to ban l...
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Glyphosate shortage looms large
2021-11-26
Karl Dirks, who farms 1,000 acres in Mount Joy, Pa., has been hearing about the sky-high prices of glyphosate and glufosinate, but he isn’t panicking about it yet.“I think it's going to fix itself,” he says. “High prices tend to fix high prices. I'm not too concerned yet. I'm sti...
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High prices of glyphosate and glufosinate boosting global demand for paraquat
2021-11-26
When ICI launched paraquat in 1962, it never expected to encounter ups and downs, such as the situation when the excellent non-selective broad-spectrum herbicide could fall from its stature as the world’s second-largest herbicide.?Today, with its affordable price, paraquat is aga...
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China’s crop germplasm resources census shows advantages, challenges for seed security
2021-11-26
China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MOA) on Tuesday announced the top seed resources detected in its largest-ever agricultural germplasm resources census, as the country strives to achieve self-sufficiency in seed breeding, which has been elevated to a crucial part...
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Sri Lanka - Gazette banning five pesticides including Glyphosate revoked
2021-11-26
An Extraordinary Gazette notification has been issued by the Registrar of Pesticides revoking the Gazette issued in 2014 prohibiting the use and sale of several pesticides including Glyphosate.Issued by the Registrar of Pesticides Dr. J. A. Sumith and dated November 01, it revoke...
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Quality control of pesticides via laser diffraction particle size analysis
2021-11-26
From the key active ingredients to the final pesticide product, particle size is known to play a critical role in the residual period, the biological activity, and the stability properties of pesticides.Measuring the particle size distribution is crucial when establishing the qua...
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Philippine agriculture experts: More fertilizer subsidies seen needed to shield farmers from high gl...
2021-11-26
Increased fertilizer subsidies are required if farmers are to deal with higher global prices for the farm input, agriculture experts said, after a key Senator called for immediate government intervention to prevent farmers from going further into debt for the next planting season...
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