Pesticide-treated area grows 10.9% in Brazil2024-11-15Between January and September 2024, Brazil registered a 10.9% increase in the areas treated with pesticides compared to the same period the previous year, totaling over one billion hectares (2.47 billion acres). The numbers are the result of research commissioned by the Nation...
Africa Market Special Report (Ⅱ): Exploring Innovation Opportunities in Cameroon and South Africa2024-11-08From various angles, this special report taps into the development and demand changes in the agrochemical industry in the critical regions of Africa, using South Africa and Cameroon as the subject of analysis. Part of the information in this article comes from the presentations o...
Global Buyer Survey: Demand far from recovered; Extreme concern for own operational risks2024-11-01Between September and October, several Chinese pesticide companies experienced a round of price adjustments, including companies such as Wynca, Xingfa, Fuhua, Good Harvest, Limin, and Guangxin, etc., involving key pesticide products like glyphosate, with price increases ranging f...
Trends in the global chemical/agrochemical industry and analysis of corporate developments2024-10-25The content and data presented in this article are mainly based on a keynote speech by Rohit Nagraj, Senior Vice President of Centrum Broking Limited, delivered at the 2024 China Pesticide Exporting Workshop(CPEW) held in Hangzhou, China, in July 2024. AgroPages edited and compil...
Cost of pesticide R&D increases, reports CropLife Latin America2024-10-18According to CropLife Latin America, the cost of research and development (R&D) for a new active ingredient in crop protection has doubled over the past 20 years. The organization's study compared investments made by companies in this sector between 2014 and 2019 and analyzed ...
West Africa: Nigeria loses 54,000 hectares of farmlands to pest, disease in 2024 - report2024-10-18By Adegwu John A survey report presented recently indicated that the federal government's drive to achieve food security has suffered significant setback as farmers have lost an estimated 54,000 hectares of farmlands to pest and disease. This is in addition to about 17,000 fa...
Fast Forward Five Years: Prospects for the Indian Crop Protection Market2024-10-11India's crop protection market is expanding. Driven by rising agricultural demand, increasing adoption of sustainable practices, and a growing focus on exports of generic crop protection products. But what are the short- and medium-term outlook for crop protection in this booming...
Indonesia: Pesticide registration among ASEAN member states discussed2024-10-11CABI and partners have discussed ways to better align pesticide registration systems and the harmonization of Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for greater food security in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries. The United States Department of Agriculture'...
