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 Dakshina Kannada district administration will kick-start the process of issuing identity cards to victims affected by alleged endosulfan poisoning from Saturday. Deputy commissioner AB Ibrahim said on Wednesday that the process will continue till all the victims get the ID cards. He also said that the district administration will …
Advocate General Ravivarma Kumar submitted to the High Court on Monday that a provision would be made in the next budget to create a ‘relief fund’ for the victims affected by pesticide endosulfan. During the hearing of a suo motu PIL on the plight of people suffering from the ill …
Farmers of the Valley have been found to supply their produce in the market, neglecting the time period required to let the effects of pesticides used in growing them subside. Findings to this effect were revealed in a research conducted by Entomology Division under Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC). A …
Their experiment bears fruit with increase in crop production, profits Residents of 14 villages, mainly women, of Jind district have taken upon themselves the responsibility of keeping pesticides away from their fields. They have identified 204 insects, divided them into vegetarian and non-vegetarian categories and proved that pesticides are not …
Coffee planters in Karnataka's Kodagu district are an apprehensive lot. They believe the acceptance of the Kasturirangan report to conserve Western Ghats will make them helplessly watch their disease-afflicted crop wither away for it bans the use of pesticides in their area. They feel they may not be able to …
Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) will soon install the ‘Rapid Bioassay for Pesticide Residue Analysis’ (RBPRA) technology at Kalimati Fruits and Vegetables Market to measure the maximum residue level (MRL) in vegetables and fruits. While farmers use pesticides in fruits and vegetables to increase production, haphazard use of such chemicals …
HIGH mercury levels are poising a big threat to public health in some regions as people eat fish from mercury contaminated river waters to become exposed to various diseases. A study titled "Mercury in Human and Fresh Water Fish of Bangladesh" conducted by an NGO in the recent past jointly …
Three of the world's largest agrochemical companies have filed a lawsuit in Hawaii to block a law enacted on the island of Kauai in November to limit the planting of biotech crops and the use of pesticides. DuPont, Syngenta and Agrigenetics Inc, a company affiliated with the Dow AgroSciences unit …
Use of pesticides in different farm products including food grains and vegetables has suddenly jumped up in the country in the past few years. A total of 50 metric tonnes of pesticides was imported annually to Nepal till 10 years ago but now it has reached 345 metric tonnes. Millions …
Indigenous fish species, particularly the small ones, are on the verge of extinction due to sharp declining of breeding and grazing fields of the fish species in the vast Barind tract. Breeding and grazing fields of the fish species have drastically been reduced due to siltation in the big rivers …
Govt Is Treating It Like Malaria Epidemic: HC Bangalore: Observing that the Rs 20-crore allocation made by the state government towards relief/rehabilitation of endosulfan victims is “just peanuts”, the Karnataka high court on Thursday sought its response on a Rs 500 crore-Rs 600 crore corpus for the 6,000-odd victims. “When …
The formulation of Ganga River Basin Management Plan (GRBMP) by a consortium of seven IITs could be viewed as one of the most significant development for the region in 2013. The basic approach in this framework action plan is - "apply modern science and technology in conjunction with traditional wisdom". …
The annual Joint Meeting of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and the WHO Core Assessment Group on Pesticide Residues was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 17 to 26 September 2013. The FAO Panel of Experts had met in preparatory sessions from 6 …
Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Nepal, Dec 2013 Until a few months ago, Kathmandu Valley denizens would walk past the Bagmati River covering their noses. These days, the river has undergone a makeover of sorts and the credit goes to the Bagmati Cleaning Campaign which completed its 30 weeks …
Neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been increasingly blamed for the collapse of bee populations, may also impact human's developing nervous system, according to a review of research by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The EFSA says that current safety guidelines for two pesticides—acetamiprid and imidacloprid—may be too lax to protect …
At least 15 rare gaurs or Indian bisons have mysteriously died in Thailand's Kui Buri National Park in the past few days, leaving wildlife officials baffled. Officials feel disease or food poisoning could be the probable causes behind the spate of deaths at the Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, …
Hyderabad: City entomologists have expressed concern over the dwindling number of butterflies in the state. Considered as the indicators of a healthy eco-system, the number of butterfly species have come down gradually from 116, as recorded last in October 2012, to just 35 this year. Post monsoon is considered very …
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority today directed government authorities to control the use of pesticides in vegetables, fruits, milk and meat without delay. The constitutional anti-corruption agency directed the government authorities — the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture Development and the …
Anti-endosulfan activists will take out a march from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram today to press for their demands of rehabilitation and financial assistance. The march would be inaugurated later in the evening by ecologist Madhav Gadgil. It would culminate at Shamkhumukham beach here on December 30, Ambalathara Kunhikrishnan, convenor of Endosulfan-affected …
Anti-endosulfan activists will take out a march from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday to press for their demands of rehabilitation and financial assistance. The march would be inaugurated later in the evening by ecologist Madhav Gadgil. It would culminate at Shamkhumukham beach here on December 30, Ambalathara Kunhikrishnan, convenor of …
