Reuters AlertNet Campaigners also fear it will allow big multinational seed, fertiliser and agrochemical companies such as Yara, Monsanto, Syngenta and Cargill to set the agenda. "It is unacceptably cynical of the G8 to pretend to be tackling hunger and land grabbing ... and more »
FarmersWeekly The new rules apply to relatively few products, with the agrochemical industry saying this move means farmers will still have access to pesticides which could have been restricted. Some 23 products are listed by the Chemicals Regulation Directorate, ...
AllAfrica.com Although trade measures help by lowering fertiliser and agrochemical costs, especially for inland countries, supporting development of local natural resources is the other essential route to sustainable input provision. This is integral to commercial ... and more »
Platinum today The package consists of a Pharmaceutical Kit, aimed at applications in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and fine chemical industries; and the Refining and Chemicals Kit targeted at applications such as in-process streams, chemical manufacture and ... and more »
World Policy Institute (blog) Olivier De Schutter, the UN Rapporteur on the Right to Food and expert in agroecology, says, “Today's scientific evidence demonstrates that agroecological methods outperform the use of chemical fertilizers in boosting food production where the hungry ...
PublicServiceEurope.com This week is the second European Bee Health Week, dubbed BeeODiversity with a conference in the European Parliament and a fancy exposition outsid...
