After the government’s move to ban 27 pesticides in India, various agricultural organization and associations are opposing the draft bill. As per reports, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare issued a draft order on Monday outlining the pesticides set to be prohibited from manufacturing, sale, and import, which it said are “likely to involve risk to human beings and animals.” […]
The EU has raised the restrictions on capsicum imported from India and Pakistan due to high rate of non-compliance with pesticide norms making it mandatory for shipments to be accompanied by an official certificate stating that the items were free of pesticide residues. For curry leaves imported from India, however, the EU observed that the […]
India’s Basmati rice exports face uncertainty thanks to a tightening of pesticide residue parameters by the European Union and U.S. sanctions on Iran that could impact trade between Tehran and New Delhi, ratings agency ICRA said in a report. Basmati exports grew by 23 percent and 14 percent in the 2018 financial years and the […]
Tightening of checks on pesticide residue by Saudi Arabia has hit Indian small cardamom exports, which in turn has pushed down the spice’s price in the local market. The average cardamom price that was hovering in the Rs 900-1,000 per kg range has slid to Rs 800, even as arrivals remained steady. Saudi Arabia accounts […]
The quality of agricultural products will be enhanced through developing high-standard farmland and cutting the use of pesticides, according to a State Council executive meeting this week The supply of high-end, green and healthy agricultural products is lagging behind consumers’ growing demand, the official Xinhua news agency said. High-quality products need to be imported, while […]
China National Chemical Corp. has secured a US$ 50 billion line of credit from a group of banks to buy the Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta AG, Caixin Online quoted a person close to the deal as saying. ChemChina announced last week it had reached a deal to buy the Swiss pesticide and seed company for […]
Chemical giants DuPont and Dow Chemical Co agreed to merge in an all-stock deal valuing the combined company at $130 billion in a win for activist investors that could spark further consolidation in the farm chemicals industry. Read Here – Reuters admin
