Monday, 27 September 2010 Full of holes
The spelling mistake at the following link adds to my suspicion that it has not been researched and reported correctly: EU rejects Basmati shipments over pesticide residue (29 June, NDTV Profit)
*Isoprothiolane* is not amongst...
Saturday, 25 September 2010 Nightmare!
I wish I had not read this link in the evening, as it robs me of sleep tonight: Gulf oil disaster not unique to BP and will 'happen again' (9 September, Ecologist). I had just assumed charge of a pesticide business when Bhopal...
Thursday, 23 September 2010 Soil Ecology Heralds Plant Potential
Trust Syngenta to get it right! The concept of *plant potential* is powerful and comprehensive. It puts the role of the research-based agri-input industry in a balanced perspective. We can cite noteworthy achievements in the...
Tuesday, 21 September 2010 Cross Border Pest Management
I have read the contents at this link with considerable alarm: Pest appears in pineapple shipment (2 September, Hawaii Agriculture)
Hawaii is further away from the US mainland than are the islands in the Atlantic off the coast...
Monday, 20 September 2010 Short-term, Long-term Contradictions
It is not just possible, but is common as well, to sacrifice long-term farming considerations in order to maximize this season's harvest. The article at the following link underlines such contradictions in terms of land ownership...
Saturday, 11 September 2010 A Matter of Branding
What if a farmer perceives a benefit for a pesticide brand that you do not claim? Off-label pesticide abuse is serious. Consider how Kenyan herdsmen brought on a ban on Carbofuran because they used the granules to control birds...
Wednesday, 08 September 2010 Can you solve this pesticide safety conundrum?
Small spray droplets are lighter than bigger ones. Low and ultra-low volume sprays are therefore more prone to drift than the old knapsack variety. The latter is exceedingly wasteful of water, and unsuitable as well once crops...
Wednesday, 01 September 2010 Pesticides in a Sustainable and Productive Farm System
This link is revolutionary for it challenges conventional national sovereignty: Food: The global farm.
Planet-wise zoning may be the way forward in a post colonial era. Japan is a powerful example of a country that makes no...
Wednesday, 25 August 2010 The Age of Stewardship
It is not common for the world of business to draw lessons from bureaucrats and politicians, but here is an exception: Defra announces changes to arm’s length bodies
Everyone in pesticides has people in marketing....
Wednesday, 18 August 2010 The Hand of God
Our planet is blessed that the drums mentioned in the following link did not contain pesticides: Floods wash barrels of chemicals into China river (29 July, BBC).
I am fortunate that the world had not gone global when a truck...
