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CropLife India reaches out to dealers in fight against counterfeit pestici
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India] June 26 (ANI/NewsVoir): CropLife India, an association of 18 R and D drove member companies, today, organized a workshop for Pesticide Dealers at Vadodara. The workshop was organized with the help of Kruti Charitable Trust, implementing NGO partner of CropLife Indi
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Ingenious 'bike' for climbing Areca nut tree to make farmers' lives easier
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 16 (ANI): In wake of the fact that there is a shortage of traditional Areca nut tree climbers, farmers here are finding it difficult to sustain the Areca nut plantation. However, a 48-year-old farmer, Ganapathi, took it as a challenge and invented ingeniou
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Manipur farmers opt for lesser pesticides to yield better profits
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bishnupur (Manipur) [India], June 15 (ANI): Farming in Manipur is changing one farmhand at a time, wherein Heirangkhongjam Shantikumar, a native of Leimaram Mamang Leikai village, cultivates crops on his 1.5 hectares (approx.) of land on minimal pesticides with a profit of Rs 5 lakh annuall
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Meerut: Fire breaks out at pesticide factory, cooling operations underway
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)[India], Jun 15 (AIN): A massive fire broke out at a pesticide factory here, officials said on Saturday.
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Indore: Income-Tax officer rescues snake attacked with pesticide
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jun 2 (ANI): A snake, which was beaten and badly injured and had pesticide poured over it, was rescued by a wildlife lover from a school here.
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CropLife India reaches out to 100 plus pesticide dealers in Bharuch
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bharuch (Gujarat) [India], May 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): CropLife India, an association of 18 R&D driven member companies, today, organized a one of its kind, a workshop for pesticide dealers at Bharuch. The workshop was organized with the help of Kruti Charitable Trust, implementing NGO par
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Wild tomato plants carry natural bug repellant: Study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Apr 28 (ANI): The researchers have found an evolutionary function in wild tomato plants that could be used by modern plant breeders to create pest-resistant tomatoes.
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China: Chemical plant blast kills 6, injures 30
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Jiangsu province [China], Mar 21 (ANI): An explosion that took place at Chenjiagang Tianjiayi chemical plant here on Thursday afternoon killed six people and injured 30.
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China: Several injured in explosion in pesticide plant
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Jiangsu province [China], March 21 (ANI): An explosion took place at Chenjiagang Tianjiayi chemical plant here on Thursday afternoon.
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Australian couple grows cabbage almost as big as a man
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Feb 15 (ANI): If you love your veggies, you will love what this Australian couple achieved. It turns out that an Australian couple managed to keep off pests for more than nine months to grow a giant cabbage almost as big as a person.
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Lawyer commits suicide demanding special category status to Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh), [India], Feb 8 (ANI): An advocate on Friday attempted suicide as a mark of protest for the 'special category' status to Andhra Pradesh at Nandyal Court in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.
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Here's why honey bee colonies are in danger
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): Pesticides, diseases, poor nutrition and habitat loss are threatening honey bee colonies around the world. But according to a recent study, one threat stands well above the others, a parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, which specialises in attacking honey
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