Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) will soon install the ‘Rapid Bioassay for Pesticide Residue Analysis’ (RBPRA) technology at Kalimati Fruits and Vegetables Market to measure the maximum r

Their experiment bears fruit with increase in crop production, profits

Residents of 14 villages, mainly women, of Jind district have taken upon themselves the responsibility of keeping pesticides away from their fields. They have identified 204 insects, divided them into vegetarian and non-vegetarian categories and proved that pesticides are not required to keep insects away from crops.

Use of pesticides in different farm products including food grains and vegetables has suddenly jumped up in the country in the past few years.

Govt Is Treating It Like Malaria Epidemic: HC

Bangalore: Observing that the Rs 20-crore allocation made by the state government towards relief/rehabilitation of endosulfan victims is “just peanuts”, the Karnataka high court on Thursday sought its response on a Rs 500 crore-Rs 600 crore corpus for the 6,000-odd victims.

Neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been increasingly blamed for the collapse of bee populations, may also impact human's developing nervous system, according to a review of research by the Europe

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority today directed government authorities to control the use of pesticides in vegetables, fruits, milk and meat without delay.

Young children are at risk of serious health problems from toxic materials found in toys widely available in the capital city.

Anti-endosulfan activists will take out a march from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram today to press for their demands of rehabilitation and financial assistance.

The march would be inaugurated later in the evening by ecologist Madhav Gadgil. It would culminate at Shamkhumukham beach here on December 30, Ambalathara Kunhikrishnan, convenor of Endosulfan-affected Peoples' Front said.