Northern farmers are facing financial devastation as armyworms ravage their fields and destroy crops, leaving families with little hope for the harvest.Crop farmers fear widespread food shortages as ...

Onion farmers have criticized the decision of the Department of Agriculture to import the bulb, describing it as a “double whammy” as plantations in Nueva Ecija, the country’s onion capital, are being ...

Manitoba had a number of pests last year that topped John Gavloski’s short list of crop insect problems.

Virgie Abaoag, an onion grower, recalled how her former employer suffered three consecutive losses due to armyworms and has now switched to planting corn. “Imbes na sibuyas na naman—wala na, sumuko na ...

In December, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation released a preliminary scientific review of the human health impacts of paraquat. The review, which came in response to state ...

DAYS AFTER 17 members of three families died under mysterious circumstances in a village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, an initial investigation has revealed the presence of pesticide ...

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Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Pesticides are present in soil and plants year-round, not just during application periods, with mixtures detected in fields and adjacent meadows. This persistent ...

The activists say there are growing concerns about pesticide misuse, including improper application and storage, counterfeit products, insufficient training in use, and use of poorly maintained or ...

African armyworms have affected more than 20 000 hectares of crops ... The affected area has already been supported with 25 litres of pesticides such as Denzo for the control of these migratory pests.