On September 14, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of final guidance to improve the efficiency of EPA’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) analyses for new pesticide active ingredient applications and active ingredients undergoing registration review. EPA states...
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Lexology
2023.09.14
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ReliefWeb
2023.08.31
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It was at this time when they were still struggling with the new pest that Ali, together with other farmers, started attending farmer field schools (FFS) organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
“Two agricultural officers from FAO came and taught us to...
Mad4India
2023.08.25
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Life is full of unplanned turns and events, and the paths of life are unpredictable for many. This thought is true for Rajiv Bhaskar, whose life took unexpected turns, turning him from a regular professional working in a sales team to a successful Guava Plantation owner who earns crores.
His...
Grist
2023.08.23
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But Adan didn’t know at the time that the FAO and other humanitarian groups had procured pesticides that were either already banned in the U.S. and Europe or soon would be. The synthetic pesticides in question — part of a chemical class known as organophosphates that includes chlorpyrifos,...
AgriBusiness Global
2023.08.11
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If there’s one topic folks in the agricultural industry have talked about globally over the past decade or so, it’s biologicals. In terms of pure market numbers, the amount of research activity and financial investment being made into this sector of the ag business has never been greater.
Yet,...
AgriBusiness Global
2023.08.10
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ADAMA Ltd., one of the world’s leading crop protection companies, announced the registration of its global biocontrol product, ACTAVAN, in Peru. ACTAVAN is ADAMA’s first global biofungicide developed in collaboration with the New Zealand company Waikaitu Ltd.
ACTAVAN uses plant extracts to...
Gcmonline
2023.07.31
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Pest management on a golf course can be challenging. Managing pests year after year on a perennial “crop” such as turfgrass with the low tolerance for turf loss on a golf course versus an agricultural crop is challenging, to say the least. Most agricultural row crops aren’t typically grown in such...
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
2023.07.27
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Farmers in Nakuru County hope for bountiful returns following initiative by the Swedish government to provide environmentally friendly pesticides and faring technologies that will help promote safe farming practices to promote biodiversity.
Swedish Ambassador to Kenya, Caroline Vicini said that...