The Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers presented its report on ‘Insecticides and Pesticides – Promotion and Development including Safe Usage – Licensing Regime for Insecticides’ on December 19, 2023. Pesticides are broadly of four types: insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and bio-pesticides. Herbicides kill/control the growth of weeds, and have the …
MICROBIAL BIOPESTICIDES Product: Biolep Manufacturer: Biotech International Limited, New Delhi Applied on: groundnut, blackgram, greengram and chickpea Pests targeted: helicoverpa, plutella, bollworms, spodoptera, fruit and shoot borers Price: Rs 140 per 100 grammes Product: Biovirus-s Manufacturer: Biotech International Limited, New Delhi Applied on: cotton, gram, pulses, soyabean and vegetables like …
The dismal domestic market of biopesticides indicates that these products still have a long way to go. They are not popular because they have a slow action - they take time to show results. According to Anil Kakkaran official with Mumbai-based Excel Industriesfarmers are used to quick resultsthereforethey do not …
Excessive dependence of farmers on chemical fertilisers has resulted in numerous environmental problems. Experts recommend using biofertilisers to overcome this crisis. Biofertilisers are biologically active products, including bacteria, algae or fungi that can provide plants with nutrition. Most biofertilisers are either nitrogen fixing or phosphate stabilising. Nitrogen fixing biofertilisers fix …
a recent analysis of us customs department records has exposed the double standards being applied by America. According to the figures, nearly 29,484 tonnes of pesticides that are banned or severely restricted in the us were exported between 1997 and 2000. Fifty-seven per cent of these products were shipped to …
probing the cotton crop failure in north Tamil Nadu during the last crop season, the central team has laid the blame on intensified production technologies that multiplied the pest problems in cotton. The team, which submitted its report to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (icar) , says that at …
in a move that would violate the Nuremberg Code adopted after World War II, the us is contemplating to allow data from human testing of toxic pesticides to be part of regulatory decisions. The Bush administration's proposed move also runs contrary to the recommendations of an advisory panel formed during …
This study was undertaken to access the residue of commonly used pesticides viz Cypermethrin, Methamedophos, Monocrotophos, Cyfluthrin, Dialdrin and Methyl Parathian respectively in three varieties of mano being collected from the grower fields in Multan division. The samples were treated with organic advent Cyclohexane and ethylacetate (1:1), cleaned on Gel …
This report presents compelling evidence of the considerable threats the pesticide endosulfan poses to human health and environmental integrity. In light of the evidence presented, it make a number of key recommendations to the World Health Organisation, national governments, and the agrochemical industry. Implementation of these recommendations will represent a …
The objective of the IPM policy is to enable farmers to grow healthy crops in an increased manner and thereby increase their income on a sustainable basis while improving the environment and community health.
An endocrine disrupter is a synthetic chemical which, when absorbed by the body, interferes with normal hormone function. This undermines intelligence, decreases resistance to disease and impairs reproduction. These chemicals include polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, pesticides and phthalates which cause a range of problems
stockpiles of obsolete pesticides, including dieldrin, chlorinated organomercury compounds and ddt, stored in a warehouse at the National Agricultural Research Council, Kathmandu, are posing a danger to the health of the residents, workers and livestock in the area. The pesticides were exported to the country by multinationals such as Bayer, …
IN FEBRUARY this year, Down To Earth published a cover story on the unusual cases of deformities in Padre, a village in Kasargode district, Kerala ('Children of endosulfan', Vol 9, No 19). The story was corroborated by a detailed study carried out by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) …
I WILL respond only to the few substantive issues raised by S K Handa and E V V Bhaskara Rao. I do not wish to say anything about the strong words they have used to discredit our work. But it is not surprising. I find, in particular, Indian scientists very …
The aerial spraying of the endosulfan pesticide has been temporarily banned in many parts of the Kasaragod district of Kerala. The district collector, C K Visvanathan, on August 9, 2001, passed an order to this effect in response to a memorandum submitted to him by the Endosulfan Spray Protest Action …
Many species of predators and crop-friendly birds have migrated from cotton fields in Pakistan due to the excessive use of pesticide. Starling, quail, dove, fruit beets, house crow, blue rock pigeon, nightingale, sparrow and woodpecker are some of the bird species that have deserted the Pakistani cotton fields. This is …
indiscriminate use of pesticides resulted in the death of fish in a lake behind Delhi's Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. This was revealed during a pesticide residue analysis conducted by the pollution monitoring laboratory of the Centre for Science and Environment (cse). The analysis revealed the presence of multiple residues of …
a recent study has proved that exposure to pesticides such as ddt (dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane) can increase child mortality ( Lancet , Vol 358, July 2001, pp 110-114). Mathew P Longnecker of the Epidemiology branch of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, usa and his colleagues used the serum samples …
the origin of malaria is associated with the beginning of cultivation thousands of years ago, confirm two recent studies. In 1958, Frank Livingstone had proposed a hypothesis that the emergence of malaria might be linked with the beginning of agriculture. According to Livingstone, the introduction of slash and burn system …
