Tico Times To help mitigate damage, some 33,000 coffee growers have received an agrochemical package provided by MAG and the Costa Rican Coffee Institue (ICAFE) to fight the rust, a fungus that attacks the leaves of a coffee bush until it completely dries the plant. and more »
PR Newswire (press release) Makhteshim Agan Industries Ltd. ("MAI" or the "Company") and China National Agrochemical Corporation ("CNAC"), today announced the appointment of MAI's Deputy CEO, Chen Lichtenstein, as President & CEO of China National Agrochemical Corporation ... and more »
The Guardian The 250,000 Indian farmers that committed suicide between 1990 and 2012 by drinking poisonous pesticide represent the increased pressures felt by farmers due to dependency on agrochemical and petrochemical industries. This loss of life was a result of ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com Makhteshim Agan Industries Ltd. ("MAI" or the "Company") and China National Agrochemical Corporation ("CNAC"), today announced the appointment of MAI's Deputy CEO, Chen Lichtenstein, as President & CEO of China National Agrochemical Corporation ... and more »
Treehugger (blog) At field realistic doses, neonicotinoids cause a wide range of adverse sublethal effects in honeybee and bumblebee colonies, affecting colony performance through impairment of foraging success, brood and larval development, memory and learning, damage ...
Daily Inter Lake The last major point demonstrators wanted to make is that the world's largest seed company is also the world's fifth largest “ agrochemical ” company. The pesticides Monsanto produces, including Roundup weed killer, are ones their seeds are built to ... and more »
Morning Star Online Among the multinationals investing in the New Alliance - now a $3.75 billion (£2.46bn) public-private partnership - are seed and agrochemical traders like Monsanto and DuPont, which are leading the spread of controversial genetically modified crops in ... and more »
