Early warning on hazardous pesticides
The Rotterdam Convention aims to create a shared responsibility between countries that export and import toxic agro-chemicals. In July 2000, …
Tackling injudicious use of pesticides
INSECT pests and diseases, the prime factors causing low agricultural productivity, are mostly controlled by chemical means. Indiscriminate use of …
Food security and urban agriculture
THE use of pesticide is affecting human beings worldwide. Many pesticides have been proven carcinogenic and have been banned or …
Is organic healthier?
A study indicates some organic foods do have higher levels of Vitamin C and body-boosting antioxidants but other products with …
‘Tell me phone, what’s destroying my crops?’
India’s farmers have never had it easy; drought, crop failure, low market prices and lack of modernisation have taken their …
Cotton production up 37pc
KARACHI: The country is likely to achieve the cotton production target of 13 million bales this season, latest figures released …
India: Wheat acreage likely to be better than last year with better water availability
New Delhi: Wheat planting this year is expected to surpass last year’s 31 million hectares on the back of better …
Egypt issued milling wheat tender
Today, October 19, 2017 GASC will hold milling wheat tender with shipment during December 1-10, 2017, reports UkrAgroConsult. At the last …
Corn planting delays by 35% in Argentina
With several fields still under water, there is a delay of 35% on the corn planting progress in Argentina compared …
‘Dramatic’ turn wetter in Australia’s weather boosts sorghum prospects
The “quite dramatic” turn wet in the eastern Australian weather may have come too late to prevent wheat production falling …
Brazil’s coffee industry needs action ‘soon’ over climate change
Coffee market guru Carlos Brando urged Brazil’s industry to tackle the threat of climate change, as he cautioned over stagnation …