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Brazil’s new regulation to control the use of thiamethoxam pesticides in sugarcane fields recommends using drip irrigation
Recently, the Brazilian Environmental Protection Agency Ibama issued new regulations to adjust the use of pesticides containing the active ingredient thiamethoxam. The new rules do not ban the use of the pesticides altogether, but prohibit inaccurate spraying of large areas on various crops by ai...Read more -
Precipitation imbalance, seasonal temperature inversion! How does El Nino affect Brazil’s climate?
On April 25, in a report released by the Brazilian National Meteorological Institute (Inmet), a comprehensive analysis of the climate anomalies and extreme weather conditions caused by El Nino in Brazil in 2023 and the first three months of 2024 is presented.The report noted that the El Nino weat...Read more -
Education and socioeconomic status are key factors influencing farmers’ knowledge of pesticide use and malaria in southern Côte d’Ivoire BMC Public Health
Pesticides play a key role in rural agriculture, but their excessive or misuse can negatively impact malaria vector control policies; This study was conducted among farming communities in southern Côte d’Ivoire to determine which pesticides are used by local far...Read more -
The EU is considering bringing carbon credits back into the EU carbon market!
Recently, the European Union is studying whether to include carbon credits in its carbon market, a move that could reopen the offsetting use of its carbon credits in the EU carbon market in the coming years.Previously, the European Union banned the use of international carbon credits in its emiss...Read more -
The use of pesticides at home harms the development of children’s motor skills
(Beyond Pesticides, January 5, 2022) Household use of pesticides may have harmful effects on motor development in infants, according to a study published late last year in the journal Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. The study focused on low-income Hispanic women...Read more -
Paws and Profits: Recent Business and Education Appointments
Veterinary business leaders play a vital role in ensuring organizational success by promoting cutting-edge technology and innovation while maintaining high quality animal care. In addition, veterinary school leaders play a critical role in shaping the future of the pr...Read more -
China’s Hainan city pesticide management has taken another step, the market pattern has been broken, ushered in a new round of internal volume
Hainan, as the earliest province in China to open the agricultural materials market, the first province to implement the wholesale franchise system of pesticides, the first province to implement product labeling and coding of pesticides, the new trend of pesticide management policy changes, has a...Read more -
Gm seed market forecast: The next four years or growth of 12.8 billion US dollars
The genetically modified (GM) seed market is expected to grow by $12.8 billion by 2028, with a compound annual growth rate of 7.08%. This growth trend is mainly driven by the widespread application and continuous innovation of agricultural biotechnology.The North American market has experienced r...Read more -
Evaluation of Fungicides for Dollar Point Control on Golf Courses
We evaluated fungicide treatments for disease control at the William H. Daniel Turfgrass Research and Diagnostic Center at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. We conducted green trials on creeping bentgrass ‘Crenshaw’ and ‘Pennlinks’ ...Read more -
Indoor residual spraying practices against pathogenic triatomine bugs in the Chaco region, Bolivia: factors leading to low effectiveness of insecticides delivered to treated households Parasites an...
Indoor insecticide spraying (IRS) is a key method to reduce vector-borne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas disease in much of South America. However, the IRS’s success in the Grand Chaco region, which covers Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay, cannot rival that of ...Read more -
The European Union has published a multi-year Coordinated Control Plan for pesticide residues from 2025 to 2027
On April 2, 2024, the European Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/989 on the EU multi-year harmonised control plans for 2025, 2026 and 2027 to ensure compliance with maximum pesticide residues, according to the Official Journal of the European Union. To assess consumer exposur...Read more -
There are three major trends worth focusing on in the future of smart agricultural technology
Agricultural technology is making it easier than ever to collect and share agricultural data, which is good news for farmers and investors alike. More reliable and comprehensive data collection and higher levels of data analysis and processing ensure that crops are carefully maintained, increasin...Read more