Insecticide
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Tea insecticide kills 3 kids
Siliguri, Aug. 11: Residues of an insecticide used in Naxalbari Tea Estate were found in the stomachs of three garden children who had died yesterday.
12/08/2010
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Feature Articles
Insecticide control of vector-borne diseases: When is insecticide resistance a problem?
Many of the most dangerous human diseases are transmitted by insect
vectors. After decades of repeated insecticide use, all of these vector
species have demonstrated the capacity to evolve resistance to
insecticides.
Aug 2010
PLoS Pathogens
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Reports and Documents
Bt cotton in India: a country profile
In this new report ISAAA critically analyzes adoption and impact of Bt cotton in India from 2002-2009 at the national and farm-level taking into account 11 independent studies conducted by public institutions. Is the first volume in new “biotech crop profiles series”.
Jul 2010
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)
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Insecticides India to launch new products
The size of insecticides market in Punjab is estimated at about Rs 650 crore, claims Insecticides India Ltd (IIL) officials, hoping to enhance their market share to 9 per cent this year. The company plans to add business worth Rs 13 crore in Punjab this year.
28/06/2010
Tribune (New Delhi)
Feature Articles
Pesticides in agriculture – A boon or a curse? A case study of Kerala
This paper analyses the pesticide use pattern in agriculture and associated management system in Kerala. The recent declining rate in total consumption of pesticides is not a sign of relief as the use of harmful chemicals is rising. The pesticides used in agriculture include chemicals, which are banned and those suggested for restricted use only.
Jun 2010
Economic and Political Weekly
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News
Restoring soil fertility in Punjab
WITH the introduction of short-term, high-yielding varieties of cereal and oil-seed crops, the cropping intensity has now reached almost 300 per cent in Punjab. Moreover, the intensive use of chemical fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides involve greater use of scarce groundwater resources.
10/06/2010
Tribune (New Delhi)
Feature Articles
High level of Pyrethroid resistance in an Anopheles funestus population of the Chokwe District in Mozambique
Although Anopheles funestus is difficult to rear, it is crucial to analyse field populations of this malaria vector in order to successfully characterise mechanisms of insecticide resistance observed in this species in Africa. In this study we carried out a large-scale field collection and rearing of An.
Jun 2010
PLoS ONE
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Feature Articles
Urinary concentrations of metabolites of Pyrethroid Insecticides in the general U.S. population
Synthetic pyrethroid insecticides are being used with greater frequency in the United States to replace residential and some agricultural organophosphorus (OP) and carbamate insecticides. The pyrethroids are considered to be less toxic to humans than the OPs and carbamates, but like many other classes of insecticides, they are acute neurotoxicants. Barr et al. (p.
Jun 2010
Environmental Health Perspectives
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Reports and Documents
A review of empirical evidence on gender differences in nonland agricultural inputs,technology& services in Developing Countries
This paper reviews existing microeconomic empirical literature on gender differences in use, access, and adoption of nonland agricultural inputs in developing countries. This review focuses on four key areas: technological resources, natural resources, human resources, and social and political capital.
May 2010
International Food Policy Research Institute
News
Maharashtra govt signs MoU with TERI on climate change study
Mumbai: Maharashtra government today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to study dangers of climate change in the state.
TERI would carry out research work at six places in the state and study impact of climate change on factors like foodgrain production, public health and status of water resources, an official said.
01/04/2010
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
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