Whatever you want to call them — crop protection or pesticides — public trust in the safety of these highly regulated products is lower in Europe than companies like Bayer say the science supports.

Although the rate of new crop protection product approvals has decreased in recent years, investment in the sector remains high as there is a need to provide more innovate and sustainable products.

In the world of farming, every season brings a new challenge and often significant variation in crop production performance. A lack of rain at the right time, lack of sunshine at the right time and ...

The rate of new crop protection product approvals has decreased in recent years, but the need for new solutions has never been higher. Pressure on existing products from resistance and regulatory ...

Food and nutrition security is one of the foremost challenges of the 21st century. The world’s population is slated to touch 9.1 billion by 2050, leading to the increasing demand for food production, ...

Monoculture is the production of a single species of plant. In monoculture, plants are often genetically identical. This can therefore result in an ideal situation for pests, weeds and plant diseases ...

This may lead to poisoning of animals further along the food chain. Another problem with chemical control is that their use can lead to selective pressure that produces a resistant population of pests ...

Agri-input maker Crystal Crop Protection Limited has announced the acquisition of the trademark for herbicide Gramoxone from Syngenta for use in the India market. Also read: Dr Reddy’s arm inks pact ...