The Insecticides (Second Amendment) Rules-2020
<p>The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on April 24, 2020, publishes the Insecticides (Second Amendment) Rules, 2020, to further amend the Insecticides Rules, 1971. The people covered under
Insecticide
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Insecticide use on vegetables in Ghana: would GM seed benefit farmers?
Tomato, cabbage, and garden egg are important crops for small-scale farmers and migrants in the rural and peri-urban areas of Ghana. Genetic modification has the potential to alleviate poverty through combating yield losses from pests and diseases in these crops, while reducing health risks from application of hazardous chemicals. This study uses farm survey data to gauge the potential for adoption of genetically modified varieties, estimate the potential impact of adoption on farm profits, and highlight economic differences among the three crops.
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Three-day tree fair starts in Dhaka
The Dhaka Club on Thursday kicked off a three-day tree fair on its premises at Shahbagh to make the members' children familiar with fruits and trees of different kinds. The organisers said that their children living in the city apartments were totally unfamiliar with various local species of fruit and tree plants. The club president, Sadat Hossain Selim, in presence of former presidents Shamsur Rahman, MG Murtaza, AK Feroz Ahmed, Abdus Sattar and Anwar Kabir inaugurated the fair.
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A balance of risk
Pesticides keep food edible and cheap. On the other hand they are, by definition, poisonous. Europe
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Effect of an insecticide (Monocrotophos) on some biochemical constituents of the fish Tilapia Mossambica
The effects of an insecticide monocrotophos on some biochemical parameters of the fish, Tilapia mossambica at 24, 48, 72 and 96 hrs of exposures were studied. Median lethal concentration of monocrotophos to the fish for 24 hour exposure was determined during bioassay study. The protein contents were found to be declined in all the samples analyzed during all the exposure periods.
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Pest management for cotton ecosystems or ecosystem management for cotton protection?
Cotton, as a commercial crop has gone through subsistence, ecological, exploitation, crisis and disaster phases of pest management, with insecticides on focus at the later three stages. Restructuring of pest-management strategies during the last few decades under the banner of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) or Insecticide Resistance Management (IRM)continued to give considerable and selective preference respectively, to the insecticides. Such an approach could only achieve the short-term benefits of reducing the pesticide usage and improving the profit accrued by the farmers.
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Toxicity of Deltamethrin, Chlorpyriphos and Fenvalerate in Rhizopertha dominica population selected for resistance
Population of Rhizopertha dominica Fab.
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Comparative efficacy of insecticides against major insect pests of rice in Punjab
Eight insecticide treatments, viz monocrotophos 36 SL, chlorpyriphos 20 EC, triazophos 40 EC, imidacloprid 200 SL, endosulfan 35 EC, Quinalphos 25 EC, methyl parathion 50 EC and cartap hydrochloride 4 G were evaluated for their efficacy against rice leaf folder Cnaphalocrocs medinalis (Guenee), yellow stem borer Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker) and whitebacked planthopper Sogatella furcifera (Horva
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Effect of nematicides on soil microflora in cotton
A pot experiment was conducted to study the toxic effect of nematicides: carbofuran, carbosulfan alone and their combination on soil microbial population and soil respiration with cotton as a test crop. The total bacterial population and free living diazotrophs population was reduced initially by nematicides application.
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Malaria breaks out in various Sindh districts
Outbreaks of malaria are being reported in various parts of the province of Sindh, with local people blaming the authorities for failing to carry out preventive measures, including the spraying of insecticide to kill mosquitoes during the pre-spring breeding season. In Shikarpur District, upper Sindh, Mohammad Thaaral Channa, malaria superintendent for the district health authorities, said over 100 positive cases of malaria had been reported in malaria centres in the district over the past three months, IRIN, the UN information unit quoted him as saying in a report.
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No respite from mosquito menace in Rajshahi
Mosquito menace continues to frustrate people in the Rajshahi city in the absence of any drive during the past three months. The Rajshahi City Corporation has not yet taken any initiative to protect the dwellers from mosquito hazards because of fund constraints.