BATHINDA: Rampant use of weedicides on the standing crop of green gram or summer ‘moong’ to speed up its thrashing and reduce time to prepare fields for paddy sowing has experts worried. Weedicide ...

The rampant use of weedicides in coffee and tea plantations and ginger and plantain farms in Wayanad district has raised concern among local residents. Environmentalists have flagged the public health ...

Residents as well as environment workers from the Kanniparamba, Thengilakkadavu and Palliyol regions adjoining the Mavoor wetlands have raised concerns over the widespread use of weedicides in the ...

Weeds are a serious problem in the wheat crop and farmers usually apply herbicides or weedicides to control them; however, many farmers tend to ignore the advice of experts as far as the timely ...

A major political row involving farmers has erupted in Madhya Pradesh, with the state government refusing to buy moong at MSP (Minimum Support Price) this year. The MSP for moong this year is Rs 8,682 ...

Mrs Hannah Owusu-Koranteng, the Associate Executive Director of Wacam, a civil society organization, has expressed concern at the excessive application of pesticides and weedicides causing extensive ...

Dr Samuel Essiamah, a Ghanaian Forests Research Scientist based in Germany, has advocated a reduction in the importation of some harmful agrochemicals into the country to curtail their dangerous ...