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German govt approves legislation to ban glyphosate starting 2024
2021-02-18
Farmers in Germany will have to gradually reduce their use of glyphosate and stop using it completely from 2024 in order to preserve clean habitats for insects, under draft legislation passed by the country’s cabinet.“The exit from glyphosate is coming. Conservationists have been...
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How agricultural nanotechnology will Influence the future of Indian farming sustainability
2021-02-18
The agricultural sector is dealing with enormous challenges such as rapid climatic changes, a decrease in soil fertility, macro and micronutrient deficiency, overuse of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and heavy metal presence in the soil. However, the global population incre...
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Rapid, strong rebound amidst COVID-19 pandemic: China‘s best year of pesticide exports in past decad...
2021-02-18
Throughout 2020, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic raged around the world. Although China was the first country impacted by the pandemic, its pesticide industry lived through this severe test, quickly overcoming the effects caused by shutdowns and lockdowns and resuming product...
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Agricultural exports are rising in India: Economic Survey
2021-02-05
India's marine, cotton farming, sugar and spice exports of agricultural products have seen a growing pattern in 2019-2020, the Economic Survey said. It reported that, since economic reforms started in 1991, India has been a net exporter of agri-based goods. In the financial year ...
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European agricultural production will decrease by 56.13 million tons by 2030
2021-02-05
The EU-27 has 156.7 million hectares devoted to agriculture. In 2019, nearly 12.5 million hectares, i.e. about 8% of the total area, were devoted to organic farming. However, the goal of the "From Farm to Table" European strategy is that 25% of the agricultural area, i.e. 39.2 mi...
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2020 Record registration numbers confirmed the highly promising growth potential of the Brazilian bi...
2021-02-05
Brazil is a country of a huge territory with abundant resources. Up for today according to Crop Life Brasil we have around 20 Million ha treated with Biological Products, growing 23% in 2020 when compared to 2019. The market around these products is not only being used to horticu...
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Egypt plans to drop 50% of pesticide use by 2030
2021-02-05
Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation al-Sayed al-Quseir announced Saturday that a plan has been developed to reduce Egypt’s consumption of chemical pesticides and replace them with biopesticides.Quseir said that this reduction will reach 50 percent by 2030, adding that th...
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Ineffective bio-pesticides used in neighboring countries challenge locust prevention activities in E...
2021-02-05
Ineffective bio-pesticides that are being used in neighboring countries are challenging Ethiopia’s effort to control the desert locust invasion which hit five regions so far,?The Reporter?has learnt.Speaking to?The Reporter?on the desert locust prevention activities in Ethiopia, ...
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Fungi strengthen plants to fend off aphids
2021-02-05
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that unique fungi strengthen the immune systems of wheat and bean plants against aphids. Fungi enter and influence the amount of a plant's own defenses, resulting in fewer aphids. The results could serve to reduce agri...
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Over 340 proteins from 2,600 bacterial strains screened in search of natural enemy for the invasive ...
2021-01-29
CABI scientists and a consortium of four French partners have stepped up the search to find a natural enemy for the invasive western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) having 340 novel proteins from over 2,600 bacterial strains screened for insecticidal properties aga...
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