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 Supreme Court, on Tuesday, allowed export of unused stock of formulation of endosulfan insecticide while retaining the complete ban on its production, sale and use in the country. While allowing the export, a three-judge Bench, headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, said the “dilution, packaging and export” of endosulfan …
The Supreme Court today allowed the export of unused stock of formulation of Endosulfan insecticide while retaining the complete ban imposed by it on its production, sale and use in the country. While allowing the export, The Bench said the “dilution, packaging and export” of it will be handled by …
NEW DELHI, 13 DEC: The Supreme Court today allowed export of unused stock of Endosulfan insecticide, while retaining the complete ban imposed by it on its production, sale and use in the country. While allowing the export, a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice Mr SH Kapadia said the “dilution, …
Endosulfan The Supreme Court today allowed export of unused stock of Endosulfan insecticide, while retaining the complete ban imposed by it in on its production, sale and use in the country. While allowing the export, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia said the "dilution, packaging and export" …
The Supreme Court today allowed export of unused stock of endosulfan insecticide, while retaining the complete ban imposed by it on its production, sale and use in the country. While allowing the export, a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice Mr S.H. Kapadia said the “dilution, packaging and export” of …
Several sub-Saharan African countries have rapidly scaled up the number of households that own insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs). Although the efficacy of ITNs in trials has been shown, evidence on their impact under routine conditions is limited to a few countries and the extent to which the scale-up of ITNs …
There is robust evidence of the efficacy of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) in reducing malaria parasite prevalence, incidence, and all-cause child mortality from carefully conducted trials in sub-Saharan Africa across a range of transmission settings. Trials have shown ITNs to both significantly reduce Plasmodium falciparum prevalence among children under 5 …
DuPont said the Environmental Protection Agency has approved a new use for an insecticide trait for corn seeds that will fight above-ground pests only. The company's Pioneer agricultural unit has received approval to sell its Optimum AcreMax Xtra insect protection as part of its "refuge-in-a-bag" offering for corn farmers. The …
Rapidly emerging insecticide resistance is creating an urgent need for new active ingredients to control the adult mosquitoes that vector malaria. Biopesticides based on the spores of entomopathogenic fungi have shown considerable promise by causing very substantial mortality within 7–14 days of exposure. This mortality will generate excellent malaria control …
Malaria continues to remain a serious public health problem in many tropical and sub-tropical countries of the World with around 225 million cases and near one million deaths every year causing serious economic and man-day losses, and trapping countries in the vicious cycle of ill health and poverty. With early …
The crop protection industry has joined hands with Crop Life India, an association of technology-driven agriculture companies, to form an Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force in a bid to check the rampant growth ‘bio-products' laced with chemical insecticides. The major crop protection companies that have joined hands with Crop Life in the …
Cotton has been the biggest success story in Indian agriculture since the Green Revolution. In a country struggling with stagnant yields in most crops, cotton has been the one bright spot. Production has soared from 13.6 million bales (each bale is 170 kg) in 2002-03 to 31.2 million bales in …
Why have yields stagnated? Yield stagnation at an average of 520 kg fibre per hectare over the past five years could be because of several factors, including bad weather and poor agronomic management. But over 800 Bt cotton hybrids developed by private seed companies have been approved for commercial cultivation …
Key weapons in the fight against malaria, pyrethroid insecticides, are losing their edge. Over the past decade, billions of dollars have been spent on distributing long-lasting pyrethroid-treated bed nets and on indoor spraying. Focused in Africa, where most malaria deaths occur, these efforts have greatly reduced the disease's toll. But …
Farmers in the state will be able to talk directly to the Cooperative Minister over the issues of seeds and fertilisers. Cooperative Minister Gaurishankar Bisen, while giving instructions to officers to ensure storage of adequate quantities of seeds and fertilisers for the ensuing kharif crops, also instructed to display the …
Ban on popular but much-maligned insecticide endosulfan in Kerala and Karnataka due to its alleged health hazards is being seen by some experts as not just unreasonable and unscientific but also as one that could lead farmers to use potentially more dangerous and costlier insecticides, particularly in the cotton belt.
Bosco Acope and his family tend their farm in Atek, Uganda, where the government's use of DDT has threatened their livelihood. Growing up as a child here along the muggy, isolated plains of northern Uganda, life was not easy. His parents were poor. He did not attend secondary school. Many …
Insecticide treated nets (ITN) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are the two pillars of malaria vector control in Africa, but both interventions are beset by quality and coverage concerns. Data from three control programs were used to investigate the impact of: 1) the physical deterioration of ITNs, and 2) inadequate …
