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China MARA: mid-to-late July is a crucial stage to monitor the prevention and control of spodoptera ...
2020-07-29
By think Real - On 3 July, 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) convened video conference regarding facilitating the implementation of prevention and control of spodoptera frugiperda nationwide to summarize practice and achievements of prevention and control...
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Centre urged Indian Govt to rethink on ban of pesticides
2020-07-28
An expert group of Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University has urged the Central government to rethink on ban of 27 pesticides it has listed in a draft gazette notification recently just because data pertaining to their residues or bio-efficacy was insufficient ...
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Pesticides ban unlikely to dent Indian agrochem revenues
2020-07-28
The central government's proposal to ban 27 pesticides, accounting for 15-20 per cent of the Rs 45,000 crore organised agrochemical sector revenue, is unlikely to impact manufacturers materially due to a troika of reasons, rating agency Crisil said.?First, the ban is unlikely to ...
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China can help India fight desert locust invasion
2020-07-27
China could help India to address a locust plague with its emergency response capacity in pest control, although Chinese experts and industry insiders pointed out that the Indian government should create the right conditions for such disaster relief, citing the “boycott China” mo...
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China’s registration and export status of the 27 pesticides banned in India
2020-07-27
On May 14th, 2020, Indian Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare issued a directive saying that no one should import, produce, sell, transport, distribute and use 27 pesticide varieties beginning from the date of the formal promulgation of the ban (Market Status of 27 Pestic...
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Africa Watch: Imports of fungicides in African market on the rise
2020-07-23
In the latest feedback to the?Survey: Africa's Pesticide Importing Status, many readers pointed out that sales of fungicides in the African market are increasing. They also hope that AgroPages can analyze some key products, such as Mancozeb, Azoxystrobin and Chlorothalonil. There...
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China’s Yangtze flooding may affect part of pesticide and phosphate fertilizer supplies from some Ya...
2020-07-20
Floods have hit 27 provinces, autonomous regions and cities in China as of 12:00 hours, July 12, including Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei and Hunan, affecting 37.89 million people with 141 people having died or disappeared.?The rainstorm and flood situation in many areas of Southern China...
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Locusts arrive in Guj from Somalia via Pak
2020-07-16
A relatively small swarm of crop-eating locusts has arrived in Gujarat’s Bhuj from Somalia via Pakistan, Union agriculture ministry’s Locust Warning Organisation (LWO) said on Wednesday and added authorities were trying to prevent to it from moving to Rajasthan and other surround...
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Civil society praises Centre’s draft order banning 27 pesticides in India
2020-07-15
Several experts underscored the ill effects of using chemicals excessively in agriculture and stressed on ecologically sound alternatives while backing a recent government draft order to prohibit a bunch of pesticides.Civil society members, citing risks, threats and damage from 2...
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Research: Crop plants are taking up microplastics
2020-07-15
Microplastics (MPs), i.e., tiny plastic particles less than 5 millimeters in length, can now be found throughout the ocean and other aquatic ecosystems, and even in our seafood and salt. As MPs have become ubiquitous, scientists have become concerned about the transfer of MPs fro...
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