Pesticides
TOPIC(S): Pesticides, Pest Control, Research, Ag Europe, World Population,

08/30/2020 SOURCE: www.dailymail.co.uk

Britain under attack from killer Asian hornets and drunk German wasps

The German native insects have finished providing nectar for the queen, and so now jobless they are going out and getting drunk on fermented fruit which is making them more aggressive.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Pesticides, AgriBusiness,

08/28/2020 SOURCE: www.foxbusiness.com

Bayer $11 billion settlement for Roundup weed killer hits "bumps"

Drug giant Bayer AG said on Thursday there were “bumps” in sealing its $11 billion settlement of thousands of U.S. lawsuits over its Roundup weed killer after a U.S. judge cast doubt on the progress of the agreement.

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TOPIC(S): Pesticides, Agriculture Global, Insects, Ag Africa,

08/26/2020 SOURCE: geneticliteracyproject.org

Viewpoint: Synthetic pesticides are the solution to East Africa's famine-causing locust swarms

For months, billions of these pests have migrated from remote deserts into populated regions of East Africa and into Asia, decimating crops and producing

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TOPIC(S): Crawfish, Pesticides, Water, Research,

08/25/2020 SOURCE: phys.org

New studies find agricultural pesticides can affect prawns and oysters

Researchers from the University's National Marine Science Centre have demonstrated that imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid insecticide, can impact the feeding behavior of prawns in a laboratory environment, ...

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TOPIC(S): Pesticides, Crop Consultant, Pest Control, Crop Diseases, World Hunger, Ag Africa,
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Topics: Pesticides, Agriculture Global, Drones UAV, Pest Control, World Population,

Agric Ministry to use drones next ploughing season

*Sorghum yield grows by 10 percent in2019/2020 ploughing season

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Topics: Pesticides, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Pest Control, Ag Africa, Coronavirus/COVID,

Africa strives to tackle food security challenges brought by COVID-19 pandemic, locust invasion

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | As African countries continue to battle the unrelenting COVID-19 pandemic, they are making gains on the frontline against massive swarms of the desert locusts that have been threatening the region’s food security. Experts in different countries attribute the gains against the voracious migratory pests to combined country, regional and international …

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Topics: Pesticides, Pest Control, Ag Europe, Ag Africa,

Kenya skies Blackened with miles-long locust swarms after decades of anti-pesticide campaigns by the EU and UN  - The Westside Gazette

     The United Nations has long sought to control pesticide use, especially in developing nations, citing harm to people and the environment and calling “efforts to ban and appropriately regulate the use of pesticides are a necessary step in the right direction” in a 2017 report. [...]

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