Viewpoint & Interview

• Access to Seeds and the Global Seed Industry

  Date：Jul. 22, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Lack of access to high-quality seeds is one of the greatest obstacles to reducing hunger around the world.

• Introduction to the protection of new plant varieties in China

  Date：Jul. 22, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  In addition to industrial intellectual property rights in the traditional sense of patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc., there is also a unique intellectual pr...

• "Biopesticides made from microbes are the future of agriculture" - Interview with Félix Gonçalves Siqueira, Embrapa

  Date：Jul. 19, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  AgroPages talked exclusively with Félix Gonçalves Siqueira, Projects Coordinator of Embrapa, during the 5th International Conference Santa Clara Agrociência....

• "Fox Xpro the most complete solution for soybean diseases in Brazil" - Interview with Rogério Bortolan, Bayer

  Date：Jul. 19, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  This month, AgroPages covered the official launch of the fungicide, Fox Xpro, in Brazil. We spoke exclusively to Rogério Bortolan, Bayer's Soybean and Cotton A...

  Tags:TrifloxystrobinProthioconazoleBixafen

• India’s pro-GMO cotton farmers make case for relaxed biotech crop rules to prime minister

  Date：Jul. 19, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Farmers who want to grow GM crops have met senior ministers of the federal government to represent their case. A senior minister has said that the government wo...

• Top 10 Upcoming, Profitable & Promising Careers in Indian Agriculture

  Date：Jul. 19, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Agriculture is considered as an important sector of Indian Economy as it accounts for 18 per cent of the nation’s GDP. Hence, India is well known as an agricul...

• Fertium Maxima: “China is a vast agricultural country with a great potential and it is amazing to see how fast is developing in the agriculture technologies field”

  Date：Jul. 19, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Fertium Maxima is the leading specialized fertilizer producer in the world. In the past two year, Fertium Maxima entered into Chinese market and achieved good ...

• What Tesla can teach us about the future of farming

  Date：Jul. 19, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  It’s hard to believe that electric vehicles were still considered the stuff of science fiction as little as 13 years ago.

• Improved access to finance can boost seed business in Nepal

  Date：Jul. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The Nepal Seed and Fertilizer (NSAF) project is expanding its support to include finance, working with commercial banks to develop and expand access to innovati...

• Time to Implement Smart Agriculture with Smart Farming & Smart Farmer: Tomar at ICAR’s 91st Foundation Day

  Date：Jul. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar addressed the 91st Foundation Day ceremony of the Indian Council for Agricultural Res...

• Focused attention needed to meet India’s food needs: Chemicals Secretary

  Date：Jul. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  P. Raghavendra Rao, Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Government of India today said that India faces a big challenge in meeting its food nee...

• Transformation of Brazil’s distribution system: One eye on the future

  Date：Jul. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Brazil has four agricultural regions with various distribution accesses. Some 44% of agriculture input sales in Brazil comes from distributors, 28% from coopera...

• The faces behind technology: Syngenta

  Date：Jul. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Born and raised in South Africa, Trevor Hohls has a different view on agriculture than your average U.S. farmer. He saw first-hand what extreme poverty and weak...

• UK groceries bill to soar £800 if key pesticides are banned

  Date：Jul. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The average UK family shopping bill is set to soar by £786 if pesticides are banned from British farms. A new report, commissioned by the Crop Protection Assoc...

• Kharif crop output of India might be steady this season: ICAR

  Date：Jul. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Amid concerns over a possible shortfall in output due to lower acreage and deficit rainfall, government’s agriculture research agency ICAR has said the product...

• The Changing Scenario of Indian Agriculture

  Date：Jul. 17, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  India, since the mid-1990s, is one of the fastest growing G20 economies, reflecting an ambitious and successful reform agenda launched in 2014. It has developed...

• Rewards and risks of buying seed online

  Date：Jul. 17, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Minnesota farmer Lance Petersen estimates he saved between 10% and 15% on his seed corn for 2019 by buying all of it online.

• Syngenta: The future of sustainable vegetable varieties

  Date：Jul. 17, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  New varieties in brassica, squash, onion and leafy crops, coming to fruition at this year’s Fields of Innovation event, have been selected specifically to help...

  Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

• Indian agrochemical firms in focus after key player ADAMA lowers sales growth

  Date：Jul. 17, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Indian agrochemical companies are in focus after ADAMA Ltd, a leading crop protection company, said it expects a decline in sales for the first half of the cale...

• Kenya: We need policy on new breeding technologies

  Date：Jul. 16, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  A series of genome editing-related research work in Africa has triggered the need for the continent to develop a dedicated policy for new and precision breeding...

  Tags:Gene Editing

• ‘Ailing cotton sector in India needs revival measures’

  Date：Jul. 16, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  As yields plummet experts emphasis use of New Gen seeds, better farm practices urged

• Farmer unions of India demand that GM event developer be made legally liable for illegal GM crop cultivation

  Date：Jul. 16, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  PUNE: I a press release issued today, prominent farmer leaders of India have cautioned the government that if it does not take strong action to stop illegal GM ...

• India: ‘Policy Challenged’ agri seed companies cut down R&D spends on hybrids, GM crops

  Date：Jul. 15, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  One of the sectors that has seen phenomenal growth in the last few years is the seed industry. Its growth is the main reason why production of crops, including ...

  Tags:GM crop

• Agriculture to remain a high priority for the next European Parliament

  Date：Jul. 15, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Copa and Cogeca congratulates Mr David Sassoli for his election as President of the European Parliament and welcome the increase in the number of seats in the A...

• German Minister casts doubt on glyphosate's future use in Europe

  Date：Jul. 15, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  German Agriculture Minister Julia Kloeckner said glyphosate herbicide probably won’t have enough support to gain re-authorization for use in the European Union...

  Tags:Glyphosate

• Latin America More Vital for Indian Exports Than Many Traditional Trading Partners

  Date：Jul. 15, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  As India expands its Act East policy and looks to take advantage of the US-China trade war, it’s easy to forget how important Latin America is as a trading zon...

• Corn seed blend refuge isn’t the most effective option

  Date：Jul. 15, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Since 1996, corn and cotton farmers have rapidly adopted the use of Bt crops. They could plant and rest, knowing the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) protein would p...

  Tags:GM cropMaize

• ADAMA: Insight into trends and strategies of formulation development

  Date：Jul. 12, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  ADAMA strives to create simplicity in agriculture- with one of the most comprehensive and diversified portfolios of differentiated, high-quality products, we pr...

• 10 Years of Seed Industry Mergers, Acquisitions and Retired Brands

  Date：Jul. 12, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Since 2017, three mega-deals and related divestitures have uprooted the seed industry. Here's how new companies have sprouted and others have branched out or be...

• Corteva Agriscience: Focus on grower and consumer needs and values to develop formulation and application technologies

  Date：Jul. 10, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The development of any new agricultural product at Corteva Agriscience starts with the customer in mind and a clear understanding of local application practices...