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There are more than 200 approved pesticides which are used in agriculture in India. The molecules are phased our based on its toxicity to humans or animals.? The Indian policy on pesticide restriction may also be modified if the importing nation changes in policy related to chemi...

Agrochemicals/Pesticides:?Companies in the agrochemical sector manufacture and sell pesticides used in agriculture. ETC Group uses the word ¡åpesticide¡å as a synonym for ¡åagrochemical.¡å In the wake of recent mega-mergers, at least five of the leading pesticide companies also domin...

The European Commission notified the World Trade Organisation (WTO) with the draft regulations regarding renewal approval of fungicide captan.According to the draft Commission Implementing Regulation, captan will be approved for 15 years, effective from 1 March 2023, and expire o...

After the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and its negative effects on the European energy market, Holland¡¯s TTF Gas Futures again surged 32%, the largest single day rise in six months. According to Wall Street Journal, BASF¡¯s energy costs soared by €800 million year-on-year,...

America¡¯s biggest farmers are unchanging skeptics of climate change but they slowly are adopting cover crops, mostly to improve crop yields and soil health, said Purdue University. Only one in 20 growers say they planted the soil- and water-holding crops for carbon sequestration....

An estimated 670 million people are projected to be undernourished in 2030, as noted in FAO's The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 report. Conflict, COVID-19, climate extremes and economic shocks are listed as the key factors contributing to food insecurity ...

If it not enough that farmers have had to contend with extreme heat and drought this year, many farmers, particularly in the corn belt, are now facing potential frost and freeze damage. Late planting in the spring pushed back harvest timing and many states still have plenty of co...

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has published a?notice of reconsideration?to expand the scope of its review of?fipronil, a broad-spectrum insecticide used in agricultural crops and urban situations to control a range of pests, such as cockroac...

More than 16,000 farmers and agricultural organizations representing corn, citrus, grain sorghum, sugar cane, and other crops recently united against U.S. EPA's proposed revision to its 2020 atrazine registration review decision, submitting comments calling for the agency to base...

Pakistan needs to promote seed coating technology to ensure food security amid soaring demand due to high prices and climatic change impacts.Dr M Aown Sammar Raza, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, told WealthPK t...