The Indian pesticide industry is heavily dependent on Chinese imports for raw materials, and could be heavily impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, according to an analysis prepared by the Agriculture Ministry.The Ministry estimates that domestic inventories may be sufficient for th...

By Think Real - In Feb. 2020, COVID-19 epidemic has been further controlled in China, so enterprises started to make preparation for their production resumption. In order to get a better understanding of work resumption and difficulties that enterprises in different chemical park...

By Think Real - On 20 February, 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (MARA) issued four policy measures to improve pesticide-related administrative approval services, help enterprises to cope with the impact of COVID-19 epidemic an...

With spring planting on track and with sufficient supplies of agricultural materials such as seeds and fertilizers, China is confident it can fulfill its grain production goal despite the impact of the novel coronavirus, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on March...

The Indian government has put forward a Pesticides Management Bill. Apart from the huge compensation proposed for farmers whose crops have been destroyed by pesticides, what is there in this bill for the country’s grain providers?India is said to be the fourth-largest producer of...

Paraquat, a contact herbicide, has been banned or severely restricted in over 20 countries around the world due to its toxicity to humans and no available antidote.In 2008, the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has started the re-evaluation of 14 pesticide ac...

The outbreak of the new coronavirus during the Spring Festival has surely had an impact on the Chinese economy. While efforts are being made across the country to fight the epidemic, the delay of the resumption of production, the blocked logistics and the stagnated consumption br...

After the outbreak of the largest locust plague in Pakistan in the past 27 years, on February 24, the Chinese government sent a locust infestation control work team consisting of top Chinese locust control experts to Karachi on a field visit, to discuss locust control measures an...