Dec 18
17 countries sign statement regarding pesticide use
The delegations of the United States, Uganda and Kenya are circulating a statement at the 11th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires that calls on all members “to strengthen the implementation of the WTO SPS (Application
Dec 15
EU Member States adopt revised EDC proposal
Representatives from the European Member States in the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF) voted yesterday in favour of a revised European Commission proposal on identification criteria for endocrine disr
Dec 14
Nufarm’s expansion in Europe will not see a reliance on glyphosate
Questions raised in Europe about the safety of glyphosate herbicide are unlikely to greatly affect Nufarm’s bottom line.
Nufarm chairman Donald McGauchie told the company’s annual general meeting in Melbourne today glyphosate sales in Europe were exp
Dec 14
Brazil’s farm association acts to block tax increase on pesticide imports
The Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA) has mobilized to prevent the increase in the import tax rates of some agricultural pesticides, which are in the List of Exceptions to the Common External Tariff (Letec).
Dec 12
New screening technique will allow crop breeders to develop drought resistant varieties faster
Scientists from the Canadian Light Source (CLS) have teamed up with researchers from the University of Saskatchewan to develop a new technique to examine drought tolerance in wheat.Chithra Karunakaran and Karen Tanino’s team developed a simple non-destr
Dec 11
Brazil Anvisa changes paraquat resolution
Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) decided to change two topics in the Collegiate Directorship Resolution No. 177, which legislates on the prohibition of active ingredient paraquat in Brazil and the transitory measu
Dec 08
Israel achieved 60% decrease in pesticide use in open spaces following the Barn-Owl project
The Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has worked hard to promote biological and integrated pest control. The result has been a year-by-year decrease in the number of cases of excess amounts of pesticide residues in agricultural produce
Dec 07
Arysta: Distribution concentration will change agrochemical market in Brazil
Marcelo Zanchi, marketing director of Arysta LifeScience in Brazil, was recently interviewed by the portal Global Agrochemicals. The agronomist graduated from the Federal University of Santa Maria (Rio Grande do Sul), majored in mana
Dec 06
Quantity of active ingredients in pesticide on the rise in Nepal
The quantity of active ingredients in pesticides used in Nepal has been increasing for the last few fiscal years, according to a report by Plant Protection Directorate (PPD).
The quantity of active ingredients used in farmlands in the country was 410 t
Dec 05
Brazil cancels requirement for registering adjuvant
Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (Mapa) has decided to cancel the need for registering of all products exclusively classified as adjuvants.
The decision was taken during the 8th Ordinary M
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