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Farmers told to review glyphosate need amid tight supplies
2021-09-24
A global glyphosate shortage has triggered warnings for farmers to review their autumn requirements for the world’s most widely used herbicide.Supply has struggled to keep up with demand and manufacturers have blamed a number of factors, including transport and logistics problems...
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Urea values surge in the west, supply tightens further as producers shutter and cutback output
2021-09-24
With urea values already firm in the west, the situation has escalated further this week owing to the rapid ascent in spot gas prices in Europe. Ukrainian producers are now being forced to consider cutting back, or shut down operations altogether. Nitrogen production in other Eur...
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Integrating biologicals with biocompatible adjuvants for holistic soil health management in agricult...
2021-09-17
The stewardship of soil health is integral to maintaining planetary wellbeing, and it is essential for plant health and yield. Therefore, it is ironic that current agricultural practices – which grew out of 20th century concerns over food security – have damaged the soils we rely...
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Pandemic gardening trends are boosting near-term pesticide sales
2021-09-17
Increased home gardening activity and commercial investment in greenspaces like office gardens will boost demand for pesticides in the US and other affluent countries with significant lawn and garden cultures through 2021, according to a new Freedonia Group analysis:Increased tim...
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Kenya’s cotton industry on revival trajectory as farmers embrace improved varieties
2021-09-17
When white-fluffy balls held by shrubby plants started to disappear from farms in Kenya's eastern lowlands almost three decades ago, so did processors, cooperatives alongside other key value chain actors who had kept the wheels of the cotton industry turning.As time progressed, t...
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FAO launches practical tools to encourage soil organic carbon sequestration
2021-09-10
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched two practical instruments designed to encourage soil organic carbon maintenance and sequestration, a key tool for climate action.Carbon sequestration involves the removal of carbon dioxide from the a...
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Bioinsecticides market grew 113% in Brazil
2021-09-10
The bioinsecticides market segment grew 113% in Brazil in the 2020-2021 season, according to survey data from strategic information agency Spark Smarter Decisions released exclusively to AgroPages.The surprising performance came against the total Brazilian market of insecticides ...
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Fertilizers and agrochemicals use in Vietnam
2021-09-10
A study by the Netherlands Embassy in Hanoi on the current situation of fertilizers and agro-chemicals use in Vietnam and the potential market opportunities.?HanoimoiIncreasing use in fertilizer and decreasing use in plant protection chemicalsVietnam is an agricultural nation wit...
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Singapore scientists uncover secret of the black rot in vegetable crops
2021-09-10
Every year between 2004 and 2013, swathes of cabbage grown in fields and greenhouses across New York were attacked by a lethal bacteria that severely wilted the leaves, sometimes making the vegetables appear scorched.During winter in Turkey between 2004 and 2006, patches of cabba...
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Top scientist urges Kenya to take new approach to regulating gene editing crops
2021-09-10
Subjecting Kenya’s gene-edited crops to the same regulations as those developed through genetic modification could unnecessarily slow their release to farmers and consumers, warned the director of the East Africa Hub of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)....
