Price and Supply: continuation of China’s pesticide technical and formulation faces severe challenges

To know more about Chinese agrochemical market and doing business with leading export companies, please click: 2018 China Pesticide Exporting Workshop (CPEW) During the previous week, CAC Shanghai became the focus of attention of the pesticide…
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EU Parliament sets up special committee on pesticide authorisation process

The European Parliament has adopted the mandate of a special committee to look into the EU’s authorisation procedure for pesticides. The special committee is a response to concerns raised about the risk posed by the herbicide substance…
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UK rules for first time on protection over field monitoring data for agrochemical companies

A Court of Appeal decision will give agro-chemical companies greater protection in relation to commercially sensitive field monitoring data. The decision would otherwise allow competitors to bring their products to market without first having…

India: Agriculture department moots Glyphosate ban

A proposal has been sent by an India district office of the agriculture department in Yavatmal to the state director of quality control to ban the use of glyphosate — a herbicide commonly used by cotton growers here. Herbicides have gained…

Nigeria targets 60% drop in wheat import by 2025, as Flour Mills backs high yielding seed

Nigeria will reduce wheat importation by 60 per cent by 2025 as the Flour Mills had initiated and supported the production of improved and high yielding wheat seed in Jigawa and Kano states. The Team Leader, Wheat Value Change in Nigeria…

Brazil could increase irrigated crop acreage 65% in six years

During the 8th World Water Forum recently held in Brasilia, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) presented the results of their study titled: Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture in Brazil: identifying areas of priority.…

With our best wishes…

  This year has been awesome in terms of projects and achievements. On 2018 we will keep on giving our best and going that extra mile, in each of the projects we get involved in... So we would like to thank all our people who…
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The global integrated pest management market value to reach $151 billion by 2025

The global integrated pest management market value is anticipated to reach USD 151.0 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The global integrated pest management (IPM) market size was worth USD 91.8 billion in…

Brazil launches expanded food residue study

Brazilian state and federal authorities have initiated sample collections in expanded monitoring of pesticide residues in food in the country. They will form the current national pesticide residues in food analysis programme, the Para. The programme…