The new MRLs for chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl were announced on 11 August 2020 and entered into force on 13 November 2020 (Regulation (EC) 2020/1085 and Corrigendum); this means that they can no longer be used after this date. Operators in ACP countries using these APAs must take note of the change and ensure that alternative control methods […]
India has earmarked an additional 650 billion rupees ($8.71 billion) in fertilizer aid for the current fiscal year, which began in April, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Thursday. The government has decided to allocate the additional subsidy so as to ensure that there is adequate availability of fertilizer for farmers, Sitharaman said in announcing a […]
The rise of the dollar against the real during the year 2020 will affect the market of phytosanitary products. Sindiveg, the National Union of the Industry of Phytosanitary Products projects a fall of 11.8% in the income in dollars this year, to US $ 11,994 million. In 2019, the industry generated 13,603 billion dollars. In […]
A list of 16 pesticides or generic formulated products that will be available for use by Brazilian farmers has been published in Law No. 60 of the Department of Plant Health and Agricultural Inputs of the Secretariat of Agricultural Defense . Three of the registered products are composed of microorganisms such as Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and […]
Los precios mundiales de los alimentos continuaron aumentando por quinto mes consecutivo en octubre, liderados por los cereales, el azúcar, los productos lácteos y los aceites vegetales, según un nuevo informe de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación. El Índice de Precios de los Alimentos de la FAO , que rastrea […]
Let us remember that in September, after registering positive growth, exports in India fell by 5.4% to USD 28.82 billion in October. This has been due to the fall in shipments of products derived from gems and jewelry, oil, leather and engineering items. In October, the trade deficit narrowed to $8.78 billion from $11.76 billion, […]
EPA has restricted a rule to protect people from pesticide spraying by establishing a 25-foot “Application Exclusion Zone” for all ground spray applications and limiting AEZ’s to the boundaries of the agricultural establishment. The agency will also exempt farm owners and family members from the requirements to stay out of the spray area as long […]
Brazil’s MAPA and Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) published a joint policy instruction that defines procedures for monitoring and inspecting the use and collection of remaining stocks of products based on the active ingredient, paraquat, held by Brazilian farmers for the 2020/2021 agricultural harvest. The registration of all parameter-based technical products will be cancelled […]
In India, crops of more than 4.5 billion hectares are affected by extremely heavy rains. In addition, it is estimated that the damaged area will increase in the coming days. In Maharashtra, heavy rains have been received in recent days as a result of cyclone disturbances in a low-pressure area south of Madhya Mahashtra. On […]