Topic: Pesticides
Make in India: Locust Control Sprayer
The trials of Locust Control ULV sprayer under Make in India initiative were conducted in Ajmer and Bikaner and were successful. The trials were conducted by the Department...
Why are the recent Locusts Attacks the worst in history?
The Locusts swarming in the Northern parts of India have so far reached Rajasthan, Punjab, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh. Highlights According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, much of...
Central Panel recommends to ban use of TB drugs on crops
The Registration Committee that was set up under the Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee (CIBRC) has recommended that TB drugs such as Streptomycin and Tetracycline should be...
Lock Down: Agriculture and allied activities exempted
On March 28, 2020, the Union Agriculture Minister announced that agriculture and farming related activities have been exempted from Lock Down. This was introduced in the second addendum...
Cabinet approves Pesticide Management Bill 2020
On February 12, 2020 the Union Cabinet approved to table the Pesticide Management Bill, 2020 in Parliament. The bill aims at making safe and effective pesticides for farmers....
Massive Locust Invasion in Gujarat
The farmlands in Gujarat border are in great threat from locust invasion. The insects were flying from Pakistan Sindh province and spread in the villages of Gujarat and...
Antibiotics in Crops registered under Insecticide Act 1968
The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, 10th December 2019 informed that Aureofungin, Kasugamycin,...
GoI conducts first ever National Agro Chemicals Congress in New Delhi
The National Agro Chemical Congress was conducted for four days in New Delhi. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare hosted the event. It was the first of...Smart Agricopter
The Students of the IIT-Madras have developed a smart agricopter to eliminate the manual spraying in agricultural fields and help identify crop health by using an imaging camera....
Types of Chemical Pesticides
The word pesticide comes from Latin pestis, which means the destructive agent or plague. Pesticides are generally oily or waxy substances in the form of dust, granules, pallets,...
