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n The Canadian Pest Management and a “redundant” measure, concludes a
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that the phenoxy herbicides, 2,4-D Food Policy Research Institute. The
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and MCPA, can continue to be used for supply of GM and non-GM food in India
agricultural and industrial applications will depend on price more than labelling
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for Africa has found an “unexpectedly
n Negotiations are “well advanced” high level of insecticide use” by cowpea
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in Central America on harmonised growers in Nigeria. This has led to
rules for registering generic pesticides “widespread, indiscriminate use” of
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system, according to CropLife Latin field and in storage, it warns.
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n A Brazilian federal judge has particularly for products intended for plants R&D.
suspended the approval for the sale export to the EU.
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challenge. The ruling comes a month pesticides in Brazil since its
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for biosafety, the CTNBio, provisionally The Brazilian generic agrochemical
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approved the sale of the seed at its May industry association, the AENDA, has
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meeting. revealed that the cost is down from
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incidence of Asian soybean rust has of Agriculture, representing the lowest analysis, opinion
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market, the association says. terms, imports decreased slightly for
the second year.
n However, healthy competition,
balanced prices and a benign outlook n The Jamaican Ministry of Agriculture
for the new season make up Brazil’s is importing parasitoid wasps from the
improving agrochemical market, US in a bid to eradicate the pink mealy
according to Cristiano Walter Simon, the bug (Maconellicoccus hirsutus) from
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