Analysis of China’s Pesticide Export to Eastern European Countries in 20192020-02-25According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the national yield of chemical pesticide reached 2.083 million tons in 2018, down by 9.5% on a cumulative basis. The national yield of chemical pesticide increased to some extent in the first eleven months of 2019, registered a tota...
India may look beyond China for DAP needs2020-02-25The ongoing lockdown of Hubei province, a key producer in China’s huge fertiliser industry, is spurring the biggest buyer of one of the crop-growing ingredients to look for other suppliers.India is the world’s biggest buyer of diammonium phosphate (DAP) — a type of soil nutrient ...
Bio-herbicides: Global Development Status And Product Inventory2020-02-18Weed control is one of the most important steps in agricultural production. The sales of herbicides ranks first among the global market share of pesticides. However, the use of a large number of chemical herbicides has caused environmental problems such as water quality degradati...
Little progress from EU action on pesticides, say Auditors2020-02-12Several Member States have been late in fully transposing the directive on sustainable use of pesticides, while incentives for farmers to adopt alternative methods remain weak. In addition, the European Commission is unable to precisely monitor the effects or risks resulting from...
Latin American banana growers join against EU pesticide restrictions2020-01-15In mid-December, Latin American banana producers met at the facilities of the National Banana Corporation of Costa Rica (Corbana) to analyze the possible consequences that the new EU regulation on maximum pesticide residue limits in imported agricultural products could have on La...
