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Innovation Centres will stimulate crop development worldwide

Approximately $4 million in funding has been announced for the launch of 4 different innovation centres by the Innovation Lab for Feed the Future Crop Improvement (ILCI). These centres are aimed at developing more resilient and nutritious…

Mexico to phase out use of herbicide glyphosate

Mexico will gradually phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate by the time the current administration ends in late 2024, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, following a ministerial spat over the product. Acknowledging…

Brazil: MAPA simplifies rules for registering agrochemicals for ornamental plants

A “Joint Normative Instruction” published on Tuesday, 24th December, in the Federal Official Gazette of Brazil established the guidelines for the registration of pesticides intended for the cultivation of ornamental plants. The “INC…

Chile updates phytosanitary measures for official control of Psa or kiwi bacteriosis

The Chilean government has updated a number of its phytosanitary regulations found in the Official Kiwi Bacteriosis Control Program (Pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinidiae - Psa). The new instructions are contained in resolution No. 7540/2019,…

Brazil Anvisa releases open data plan

This month, Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) presented its Open Data Plan (PDA) for the years 2019 and 2021, in order to allow the society to access, understand and use information, according to the government agency. Anvisa's…

World coffee production reaches 174.5 million bags in 2018-19

World coffee production in the 2018-2019 season reached 174.5 million bags weighing 60 kilograms, with Arabica coffee totalling 104 million bags, or 60% of the total number while Robusta coffee accounted for 70.5 million, equivalent to 40%. This…

Argentinian Senasa extends locust phytosanitary emergency until 2021

The National Service of Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) of Argentina published in the Official Gazette the resolution 1,033 / 2019, which extends the phytosanitary emergency over the locust plague, commonly known as South American locust…

Brazil Anvisa conducts toxicological review of over 1,900 approved agrochemicals

Some 1,924 agrochemicals had their toxicological reclassification done this week. The Brazilian national health surveillance agency (Anvisa) once again classified the products already registered in Brazil because of the new regulatory framework…

India-Argentina strengthen bilateral agricultural cooperation

Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare met Dr Luis Miguel Etchevehere, State Secretary of Agro-industry of the Argentine Republic in New Delhi. During the meeting, the two leaders discussed that the…