The Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers presented its report on ‘Insecticides and Pesticides – Promotion and Development including Safe Usage – Licensing Regime for Insecticides’ on December 19, 2023. Pesticides are broadly of four types: insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and bio-pesticides. Herbicides kill/control the growth of weeds, and have the …
The following draft rules further to amend the Insecticides Rules, 1971, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 36 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968) is hereby published, as required by the said section, for information of all persons likely …
Department of Agriculture & Cooperation is implementing a Central Sector Scheme namely “Monitoring of Pesticide Residues at National Level” since 2006 to monitor pesticide residues in agricultural commodities through a network of 24 laboratories in India. Samples of vegetables, fruits, cereals, spices, pulses, milk, butter, fish, meat, tea etc are …
Meghalaya is doing away with chemical fertilizers and pesticides which reportedly causes millions of cases of pesticide poisoning every year, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma told the assembly today. He said the government's agricultural department has sorted out to produce food that are safer which adhere to the National Program of …
Chief minister Oommen Chandy has asked food safety officials to take stern steps to control sale of fruits and vegetables that are high in pesticide content. He was speaking at a meeting of senior officials of health and agriculture departments on Tuesday. Besides neighbouring states, local farms too are now …
- Levels of a type of pesticide commonly used in backyard gardens and on farms have increased in urban and rural watersheds in California, the state said in a report released Wednesday. Pyrethroid pesticides, which are similar to chemicals produced naturally in chrysanthemum flowers, have replaced older, more toxic chemicals …
Is there a way to reduce pesticide use? Scientists believe that insect-resistant maize could be the answer. Scientists have found that modified maize could increase yields and decrease pesticide use in Mexico. In order to combat insects, Mexican farmers primarily rely on chemical insecticides. In fact, about 3,000 tons of …
In spite of a global ban on endosulfan enforced about four years ago, more than 600 children below the age of 14 in eight grama panchayats in the Chittur taluk in Palakkad district continue to suffer from illnesses caused by the aerial spraying of the pesticide. These children have not …
304 litres of pesticide stored in drums near Mannarkkad The State government has begun efforts to detoxify 304 litres of endosulfan stored in heavy-duty polythene drums imported from Japan at Thathemangalam, near Mannarkkad. It was two weeks ago that the banned pesticide kept in corroded barrels at a Plantation Corporation …
Whole Foods plans to start rolling out a system that ranks fruits and vegetables as “good,” ‘’better” or “best” based on the supplier’s farming practices. Most notably, the supermarket chain says its “responsibly grown” labeling system for produce and flowers will prohibit the use of several common pesticides. The rankings …
Amid growing fears of the Indian house sparrow fast disappearing, a Wildlife Institute of India’s study has raised hopes on conservation and presence of house sparrows in Uttarakhand. Popularly known as “gouriya” in Hindi, “guora” in Nepali, “chakli” in Gujarati, “chot charai” in Bengali, “angnadi kuruva” in Malayalam and “ge …
Chief Minister Pawan Chamling today made announcements to supplement the ongoing efforts of the government and stakeholders in making Sikkim a fully ‘organic state’ by the end of 2015. He also issued strict directives to the panchayats, field level officers and staff of the Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry departments …
The El Gezira and El Managil Farmers' Association announced on Monday that close to 93,000 people in the area have fallen ill with kidney problems and cancer, owing to the use of corrupt pesticides. In the period between 2008 and 2010, 92,955 people developed allergies, kidney diseases and failure, as …
Indigenous fish species, particularly the small ones, are on the verge of extinction due to various reasons including frequent and indiscriminate use of harmful pesticides and chemical fertilisers in agricultural land, water-bodies and wetlands throughout the northern region.Apart from this, fisheries scientists and specialists said breeding and grazing fields of …
One of the most difficult parts of organic farming is, obviously, weed and pest control, as very few pesticides and herbicides are all natural. Now researchers are suggesting that herbicides that are as natural as you can get, derived straight from pure clove oil, are not good enough. That's at …
Farmers are warning crops are being "decimated" because of an EU ban on a pesticide. Rapeseed crops, which cover 15% of Nottinghamshire's farmland, are already showing signs of severe damage from the flea beetle, experts say. The EU ban on neonicotinoids was imposed last year but the first crops to …
Study Conducted As Part Of Agriculture Varsity’s ‘Safe To Eat’ Programme Let’s face it. Not all organic vegetables are safe. Some vegetables being sold under the ‘organically farmed’ tag were found containing pesticides during tests. The finding is by Kerala Agriculture University (KAU). While it found pesticide residues above permissible …
Given the growing concern over climate change and global warming, more and more green initiatives are being undertaken by different organisations across the planet. Recently, the acclaimed international environmental NGO Earth Day Network (EDN) hosted a first-of-its-kind Green Puja Bazaar at Kolkata’s South City International School cafeteria, keeping the imminent …
Opponents of mandatory labeling for foods made with genetically modified organisms spent more than $27 million in the first six months of this year on GMO-related lobbying, roughly three times their spending in all of 2013, according to an analysis released Wednesday. The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and major food …
Stop Pesticide Poisonings depicts why a growing number of individuals and organisations no longer believe that training can achieve so called safe use of hazardous pesticides. Instead, many bodies call for a progressive ban of hazardous pesticides and support a systematic phase-in of agro-ecological approaches to produce food and fibre …
