Entries by Sandra Módenes

Brazil MAPA approves 18 pesticide technical products

Act No. 22, published on March 27 in the Federal Official Gazette of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) of Brazil, contains the registration of 18 technical products, with nine active ingredients. All these products use active ingredients already registered and in use within the national territory, and are therefore not new products. […]

Crop protection is essential to reduce food waste

Food waste resulting from crop failure is a major factor in combating climate change. When taking measures to combat climate change, it is not only necessary to pay attention to those factors that generate a direct effect on our environment, through their polluting character, but also to become aware of those other elements that, despite […]

Extension of the approval periods of the active substances Regulation (EU) 2020/421 of 18 March 2020

  Extension of the approval periods of the active substances Regulation (EU) 2020/421 of 18 March 2020 abamectin, Bacillus subtilis (Cohn 1872) strain QST 713, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Aizawai strains ABTS-1857 and GC-91, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Israeliensis (serotype H-14) strain AM65-52, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki strains ABTS 351, PB 54, SA 11, SA12 and EG […]

New certifiable inputs for the organic sector

After the entry into force of the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2164 from the certification body specializing in organic production, the CAAE informs of new fertilizer and plant protection substances used for organic farming that can have the CAAE Input seal. The new additions are as follows: Fertilizers based on humic and fulvic acids from leonardite. […]