MPs have called for the dissolution of the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB), accusing it of protecting agrochemical companies linked to harmful pesticides blamed for rising cancer cases in the ...

Around the world, plastics find their way into farm fields. Climate change makes agricultural plastic, already a necessity ...

And they’re depending more on chemicals like pesticides and fertilizers to buffer against unreliable ... but the negotiations are scheduled to resume in August. Neretin said the FAO produced a ...

And they’re depending more on chemicals like pesticides and fertilizers to buffer ... Neretin said the FAO produced a provisional, voluntary code of conduct on sustainable management of plastics ...

California launched a new statewide online pesticide notification system this week that will warn farmworkers beforehand of upcoming pesticide applications. The California Department of Pesticide ...

Brazil’s current pesticide legislation currently mandates a minimum safety distance of 90 metres during chemical applications to reduce exposure risks. This regulation aims to safeguard both ...

The rapid spread of the highly infectious avian flu virus H5N1 has reached an “unprecedented” scale, wiping out hundreds of millions of birds worldwide and increasingly spilling over into mammals, the ...

But some farmers, like Manguri, were not able to get pesticides quickly. Dr. Christian Thierfelder ... and Early Warning System (FAMEWS), a mobile app developed by the FAO to record data on fall ...