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TOP 10 best-selling agrochemicals in Brazil
2021-07-23
Glyphosate is the best-selling crop protection product in the world, with its popularity in Brazil being no exception. It is used mainly on the agricultural crops, soy, corn, wheat, cotton and coffee. The herbicide tops the list of the most commercialized agrochemicals in the cou...
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Research quantifies effects of Paraquat drift on rice
2021-07-23
Researchers are learning how to manage rice fields when paraquat drifts onto them early and late in the season, but what impact this herbicide has on grain quality and what happens when drift occurs midseason are still unknowns.These questions are at the heart of doctoral researc...
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First-hand market research in Brazil: Glyphosate’s terminal-market price surged nearly 300%, increas...
2021-07-23
In the past ten years, the glyphosate price has reached a new high due to an imbalance in supply and demand structure and the price rise of upstream raw materials.?In the short period, one saw no increase in the capacity of glyphosate. So, a further price rise is foreseen. In lig...
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African governments urged to fast-track biotech commercialisation on the continent
2021-07-23
A panel of experts at the AATF June webinar have called on African governments to take lead and support the adoption and commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops on the continent by putting in place formidable and technically sound regulatory frameworks.The experts wh...
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FAO and Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences take partnership to the next level
2021-07-23
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), setting out a path for their continued cooperation in the field of tropical agricultural science an...
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Revival of the pyrethrum sector in Kenya set to transform livelihoods
2021-07-23
Elizabeth Mukuhi is a pyrethrum farmer in Turi, Nakuru County. Elizabeth who begun growing pyrethrum in April 2020 nostalgically recalls how pyrethrum farming sustained her family when she was young. It is through proceeds from the sale of pyrethrum that her parents educated her ...
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China harvests first crop of ‘space rice’ in food security push
2021-07-16
China harvested its first batch of “space rice” from seeds that returned from a lunar voyage last year, with scientists hoping it could help create new plant varieties and safeguard the country’s food security.The crop was grown from the 40 grams of seeds that traveled with the C...
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Adoption of genetically engineered dicamba-tolerant cotton seeds is prevalent throughout the United ...
2021-07-09
Dicamba is an herbicide used to control annual and perennial broadleaf weeds. In 2016, Monsanto first commercialized genetically engineered (GE) dicamba-tolerant (DT) cotton seeds. The genetic engineering process inserts into a plant’s genome genes with beneficial traits, such as...
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China ICAMA approved 175 registrations in June, Indian Tagros granted 4th formulation registration i...
2021-07-09
China ICAMA approved 175 pesticide product registrations, including 10 products for export only, in June 2021.These include 69 herbicides, 43 insecticides, 38 fungicides, 11 sanitary insecticides, six plant growth regulators, 4 acaricides, 2 insecticides/fungicides, 1 acaricide/f...
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Agricultural antibiotics hit 231,400 tons, with 229,200 tons sold in China last year
2021-07-09
Due to the impact of national policies, China’s agricultural antibiotic production, since 2016, has shown a downward trend, dropping to 269,500 tons in 2018, a decrease of 900 tons over the previous year. This has been a year-on-year decrease of 0.33%.?In 2019, China’s agricultur...
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