Viewpoint & Interview

• Effect modelling and statistics at RIFCON GmbH: complex questions call for innovative solutions

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

  RIFCON GmbH

  To meet the increasingly challenging needs of effective and informative chemical risk assessments, and especially in the context of higher tier assessments, RIF...

• Artificial intelligence for plant breeding in an ever-changing climate

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

  How might artificial intelligence (AI) impact agriculture, the food industry, and the field of bioengineering? Dan Jacobson, a research and development staff me...

• Interpretation of the Latest Policy of Biopesticides in China

  Date：Nov. 14, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Shengyang Sciencreat Chemicals Co.,Ltd

  With the improvement of the public's awareness of environmental protection and food safety, chemical pesticides are facing strict regulations, and people are ca...

• Brazil agricultural production and regulatory requirements: Why updates are so important?

  Date：Nov. 13, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  It is undeniable the efforts of all the agents involved, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and supply (MAPA), the Institute of Environment and Renewable Natura...

• Agrarian Crisis and Malnutrition: GM Agriculture Is Not the Answer

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

  MS Swaminathan is often referred to as the ‘father’ of India’s Green Revolution. In 2009, he said that no scientific evidence had emerged to justify concern...

• RCEP will jeopardise India’s seed industry

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

  With Brexit now a certainty, the days of liberal globalization are numbered. Open borders, FTAs and multilateral agreements are no longer in vogue.

• How innovation in crop science can be catalyst for a thriving Kenya

  Date：Nov. 11, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Africa is a land of extremes. It is the continent most affected by climate change. It has the fastest growing, youngest population. And with almost everything a...

• New Seeds Bill Can Change Indian Agriculture, But Speculation Looms Over Implementation

  Date：Nov. 11, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Seeds occupy a peculiar position in agriculture. They are at the root of big policy making, scaled agricultural outputs, while also at the top of discourses on ...

• We aim to create at least 1 active ingredient every 3 years: Yosuke Tomoi, President of Nihon Nohyaku

  Date：Nov. 11, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  We have actively expanded into growing overseas markets since 2012 and established bases in major agricultural countries. As a result, our consolidated net sale...

• Market dynamics, application of new slow and controlled-release fertilizers in China

  Date：Nov. 8, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  As the the most important type of agricultural input, fertilizers account for 50% of total expenditure in agricultural production, with chemical fertilizers bei...

• Blockchain for Cannabis: A win-win cooperation strategy

  Date：Nov. 7, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  In December 2018, Malta’s Parliament enacted the Production of Cannabis for Medicinal and Research Purposes Act which provides the legislative framework to all...

• Region-specific models will help double Indian farmer incomes

  Date：Nov. 7, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a clarion call on February 28, 2016 for the doubling of farmers’ income. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget on...

• Latin American Agrochemical Market from Perspectives of Local Companies, International Companies, Chinese Companies

  Date：Nov. 6, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  During the China Pesticide Exporting Workshop (CPEW) held in Hangzhou from 4th to 5th July, 2019, the organizer, AGROPAGES, invited representatives of CCAB, Avg...

• Hybrid rice review: Updating notions about hybrid rice

  Date：Nov. 6, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Recent research and technological advancements have significantly improved the quality and viability of hybrid rice. Still, the lack of awareness among value ch...

  Tags:Rice

• Myanmar Pesticide Market, a Gold Holy Land or a Gold Dreamland

  Date：Nov. 5, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Myanmar Max Agro Service Co., Ltd.

  In recent years, many foreign agrochemical companies have started a “gold-rush” spree in Myanmar. Some foreign companies, especially some Chinese companies ha...

• Tomato's original colour was orange and now it's making a superfood comeback

  Date：Nov. 4, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The orange — or golden — tomato is believed to be the first ever tomato, exported from Mexico to the rest of the world 500 years ago.

  Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

• Agrigenomics Yields a Next-Gen Cornucopia

  Date：Nov. 4, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Consumers may soon begin purchasing fun-sized fruits and vegetables, as well as processed foods that incorporate healthier ingredients, such as oils that are re...

• Pheromones: Now, an affordable tool for effective and environmentally friendly pest control

  Date：Oct. 31, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Provivi Inc.

  Provivi is a groundbreaking science-based company developing and manufacturing insect pheromone products. Provivi’s technology has made pheromones affordable f...

• Ubyfol launches new liquid packaging line - Interview with Carlos Landerdahl, Ubyfol Marketing Director

  Date：Oct. 31, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  In an exclusive interview with AgroPages, Carlos Landerdahl, Ubyfol Marketing Director, explained the details of the new packaging, from its modernized labels t...

• JRF's Contribution to Advancing Agrochemical R&D and Support for Global Registration

  Date：Oct. 31, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Dr. Sameer G. Navalgund, Director at JRF-Global, a leading Indian CRO company, talked to AgroPages about their company’s history, services and advantages, as w...

• Crops Are Dying and We Are Next

  Date：Oct. 31, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  It’s October in India, and the summers have refused to leave. The weather seems bent on cooking us alive, and the humidity appears endless. Sitting in our AC o...

• Strengthening agriculture, building India

  Date：Oct. 31, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Indian agriculture is now at a crossroads, miserably failing to ensure strong livelihood for 60% of its dependants. The steadily decreasing growth rate and slow...

• Jumping genes: A way to comply with GMO regulations?

  Date：Oct. 30, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Climate change is outpacing evolution, and our crops desperately need to keep up. Some plants are able to cope with the increasingly extreme weather conditions,...

  Tags:GM crop

• Hop breeding: Better hops for a bitter tomorrow

  Date：Oct. 29, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  When you lift a glass of IPA to your nose and smell the complex, floral aroma, you probably aren’t thinking about botany or genetics.

• ‘India has the potential to be the Food Factory of the world’

  Date：Oct. 29, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  How is it possible that a country with a population smaller than that of metropolitan Delhi, and with a surface area nearly 80 times less than India, is the sec...

• Everything You Need To Know About the Latest Innovations and Developments in Seed Treatment

  Date：Oct. 29, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  AgroPages has also been monitoring the sector’s innovative technologies and products. Through collecting information, we have analyzed the industry’s new tren...

  Tags:Seed treatment

• How seed company leaders are addressing ag challenges

  Date：Oct. 28, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  A panel of top leaders in the private sector of production agriculture, including Corteva, Syngenta, and Bayer, sat down at the World Food Prize in Des Moines t...

• Biostimulant regulations in Europe and the US

  Date：Oct. 28, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  There is currently no uniform global definition of plant bio-stimulant (PBS) and the criteria for its classification are different. However, the market for PBS ...

• ‘Pilots Never Fail, Pilots Never Scale’: Why the Global Development Community Needs a More Realistic Approach to Reaching Billions

  Date：Oct. 25, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  We live in an era that calls for large-scale social and environmental transformation. But society has taken only meager steps towards producing the unprecedente...

• Syngenta plans to IPO next 2.5 years, CEO Erik Fyrwald says

  Date：Oct. 25, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Syngenta Crop Protection AG

  Erik Fyrwald, Syngenta chief executive officer, was interviewed by Bloomberg, discussing the company's initiative to tackle climate change and the future of the...