Agrochemicals – including pesticides, herbicides, biostimulants, and fertilisers – are crucial tools for farmers. They help in protecting crops from pests and diseases, enhancing growth, and improving soil fertility. This leads to higher yields and better-quality produce, which is essential for...
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Growing Produce
2024.05.28
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Dealing with numerous endemic and invasive pests is a continuous battle for growers, says Oregon State University Horticulture Professor Surendra Dara. Resistance problems, regulatory guidelines, worker safety, and the growing demand for sustainably produced food with safer pesticides are among...
Asia-Plus Media Group
2024.05.28
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CABAR.asia reports that locusts have attacked mountain pastures in southern Tajikistan. The farmers fear that insects will soon descend into the valleys and destroy their crops. The experts believe it is necessary to kill the locusts using biopesticides.
The southern province of...
Citizen Digital
2024.05.15
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Del Monte Kenya Ltd., a leading producer, marketer, and distributor of high-quality fresh fruit and prepared food in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, and a leading player in Kenya's agricultural sector announced today the opening of a groundbreaking biofertilizer plant that will turn the...
Business Today
2024.05.15
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Del Monte Kenya Ltd., a leading producer of fresh fruit has established a plant that will turn the company’s pineapple residues into biofertiliser. This initiative signifies a significant leap in transforming the agricultural landscape in Kenya, championing sustainable practices, and bolstering the...
NewsGhana
2024.05.10
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The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa led a delegation of farmers and civil society organizations to the African Union Summit on Fertilizer and Soil Health, which was held in Nairobi from May 7 to 9, 2024. More than a thousand people from across Africa and around the world participated. The...
Growing Produce
2024.05.06
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A number of biopesticides are getting “kind of hot and interesting” in the arena of berry/small fruit disease management, according to Cornell University Associate Professor Kerik Cox. Speaking in March at one of Cornell’s six Winter Fruit Webinars, Cox presented the results of his 2023...
Phys.org
2024.05.02
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A CABI-led study has revealed that participation in the Zambia Farmer Input Subsidy Program (FISP)—particularly the flexible e-voucher system—encourages synthetic pesticide use at the expense of sustainable practices.
The research found that farmers consider synthetic pesticides and...