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Brazil Mapa publishes new regulations for controlling Asian Soybean Rust
2021-05-21
On Friday, 14th May, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) published, in the Official Gazette, Ordinance No. 306 that revised and updated the procedures in the National Program for the Control of Asian Soybean Rust (PNCFS), adopted nationally through Normative ...
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ICAMA approved 140 products in Apr, the registration heat of pyraclostrobin not diminished
2021-05-21
According to China Pesticide Registration Watch, 140 product registrations from 110 companies were approved by the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) in April, 2021, including 40 herbicides, 37 insecticides, 28 fungicides, 23 hygienic inse...
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UK: Calling for regulatory reform for biopesticides
2021-05-21
IntroductionThe use of toxic pesticides in agriculture has poisoned our soil, our water, and our air, impacting our own health and that of our planet. Biopesticides (Bioprotection products) provide a clean, green, effective, safe and sustainable alternative, as they harness natur...
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How do nematodes help plants and soils?
2021-05-21
It might be hard to believe, but you may never have seen the most abundant animal on Earth: soil nematodes! They represent eighty percent of animal life by number and live in nearly every habitat. They are hard-working and important organisms.Soil-dwelling nematodes, which I rese...
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To preserve global food security, new tools needed to prevent plant disease pandemics
2021-05-21
Plant diseases don’t stop at a nation’s borders and miles of oceans don’t prevent their spread, either. That’s why plant disease surveillance, improved plant disease detection systems and predictive plant disease modeling – integrated at the global scale – are necessary to mitiga...
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Herbicide bentazone under threat of deregulation, firms warn
2021-05-14
Bentazone, due review for re-approval in 2025, is commonly used by UK growers on beans, peas, linseed, alliums and potatoes.However, it is highly soluble in water and mobile in soil. As such, bentazone has been detected in both ground and surface water for many years.Chemical man...
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Sri Lanka - Ban on agrochemicals: Where are we heading?
2021-05-14
By Prof Rohan RajapakseSri Lanka is at present engaged in a total agrochemical ban as decided by the government. There are two aspects; the first is the ban on chemical fertilizers and the second is the anticipated ban on use of pesticides. Three eminent scientists, namely, Dr Pa...
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China‘s pesticide technical output increased by 5.2% From January to March 2021
2021-05-14
According to CISource，in March 2021, the national output of chemical pesticide technicals was 243,000 tons, and the cumulative output from January to March hit 624,000 tons, an increase of 5.2% year-on-year.Source: AgroNews
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�7.6m project to combat pests in East Africa using eco-friendly technologies
2021-05-14
By Michel NkurunzizaA �7.66 million research and innovation project is expected to promote ‘push-pull technology’, an eco-friendly approach to use some ‘repellent plant species’ in combating pests that attack different crops in Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.The pr...
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Impact of COVID-19 second wave on India’s agriculture
2021-05-14
When India was hit by the first wave of COVID-19 from January to June 2020, agriculture turned out to be a bright spot. The Economic Survey estimated that India’s GVA for the entire economy will contract by 7.2 percent in 2020-21, primarily due to a steep decline in the first hal...
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