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India:Acceleration in sales growth expected for Agro Chemicals

Date：Jan. 10, 2019 Category：Markets

Agrochemical Industry is showing initial signs of recovery post severe pressures witnessed in the past 3 years mainly due to adverse timing & spatial distributi...
PE funds, Godrej & UPL in race for 57.7% in Gharda Chemicals

Date：Jan. 8, 2019 Category：Companies

Global private equity funds KKR & Co and Blackstone Group and two local companies, Godrej Agrovet and American private equity fund TPG Capital backed United Pho...

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Climate Change Harming Agriculture, India's Wheat Production Could Fall By 23%: Ministry

Date：Jan. 7, 2019 Category：Markets

The effects of climate change and increasing pollution cause direct harm not just to the public, but also to the health of agricultural crops.
More and more Indian farmers have access to Internet

Date：Jan. 7, 2019 Category：Markets

In 2016 and 2017, the Kleffmann Group surveyed the Internet behaviour of corn farmers living in India. 4,294 farmers participated in the study in 2016, 4,225 fa...

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Agri-tech firm Ninjacart raises $35 million from Accel US, Syngenta

Date：Jan. 3, 2019 Category：Companies

Ninjacart, a business-to-business marketing and supply chain platform for agricultural produce, has raised Rs 2.5 billion (approx $35 million) in a fresh fundin...
Rupee Volatility To Contract Profit Margin, Says Dhanuka Agritech

Date：Jan. 2, 2019 Category：Companies

Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. expects its operating margin to fall and profit level to remain “flattish” in the financial year 2019 due to a volatile rupee and higher...
Director Agriculture Kashmir informs Company representatives about amended Insecticides Act

Date：Jan. 2, 2019 Category：Markets

A group of insecticide manufacturing company representatives were Friday informed about the new notifications and amendments issued under the Insecticides Act 1...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi advances rice science for South Asia and Africa with inauguration of IRRI centre in Varanasi

Date：Jan. 1, 2019 Category：Markets

Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi furthered his vision of doubling farmers’ incomes with the inauguration of the IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (IRRI...
Pump & Dump in agrochemical industry!

Date：Dec. 28, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

It is high time for parent companies to have a serious look at the current set of management at domestic subsidiaries; some of them may consist of people who ha...
India: Not a bad year for agri input companies

Date：Dec. 28, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Promise of higher MSP (Minimum Support Price) from the Centre in the Budget saw agri input companies stepping into 2018 cheerfully, but it ultimately turned in...
Challenges begin to emerge for UPL Arysta combine

Date：Dec. 27, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

UPL Ltd’s $4.2 billion purchase of Arysta LifeScience Inc. avoided the typical investor scepticism associated with large acquisitions. With the management conv...
Delhi High Court dismisses Monsanto’s plea against CCI probe of directors

Date：Dec. 24, 2018 Category：Companies

The Delhi High Court on 18 December dismissed the US biotechnology major Monsanto’s plea to prevent the Competition Commission from probing its chief officials...
Sharda University and Dhanuka Agritech launch PG Diploma in Plant Protection

Date：Dec. 24, 2018 Category：Companies

The Sharda University, Greater Noida and Dhanuka Agritech Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 20 December, 2018 to launch a one year Post Grad...

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UPL offers value proposition with best technology: CEO Jaidev Shroff

Date：Dec. 24, 2018 Category：Companies

Jaidev Shroff, Global CEO, UPL, firmly believes that synergy points from the Arysta deal will flow in the next 23-36 months. He told ETNow that its presence in ...
New partnership to introduce Scottish potato varieties to India

Date：Dec. 18, 2018 Category：Companies

"Since potato farming provides livelihood to a significant section of India's agricultural community, we are hopeful that our tie-up with Technico will help the...

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Supreme Court of India set to rule in crucial plant innovation dispute

Date：Dec. 14, 2018 Category：Regulations

There are important legal issues at stake in the Supreme Court of India’s ongoing review of the patentability of Monsanto’s Bt Cotton technology, explains K&S...
India:Trade expects new agri policy to give impetus to sector

Date：Dec. 11, 2018 Category：Markets

The new trade policy for agriculture, which aims to double India’s farm exports to more than $60 billion by 2022, will give a fillip to agro trade and industry...
UPL Ltd. Announces Leadership Team as Arysta LifeScience Acquistion Nears Completion

Date：Dec. 7, 2018 Category：Companies

UPL Limited declared the new leadership appointments for the merged entity yesterday. The appointments will be effective upon the completion of the proposed tra...

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India: Bitter neem is sweet pill for pesticide, pharma firms

Date：Dec. 7, 2018 Category：Markets

The bitter neem has turned out to be a sweet pill for the multicrore pesticide and pharmaceutical industries with scores of researchers and organisations carryi...
HM.Clause India holds first open day in the Hyderabad region

Date：Dec. 3, 2018 Category：Companies

On 21 November 2018, HM.CLAUSE India held its first ever open day at one of its ten local experimental stations in India, near Hyderabad.
India: ‘Leveraging new tech will boost agri sector’

Date：Nov. 29, 2018 Category：Markets

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) organised an Agri-Digital ...
13th International Crop Science Conference & Exhibition (ICSCE 2018) and PMFAI-SML Annual Agchem Awards 2018 held successfully in Goa India

Date：Nov. 28, 2018 Category：Markets

The 13th International Crop Science Conference & Exhibition (ICSCE 2018) organized by Pesticides Manufacturers and Formulators Association of India (PMFAI) took...
Pink bollworm attack: India Govt ordered seed firms to compensate farmers

Date：Nov. 28, 2018 Category：Regulations

The Maharashtra government has asked seed companies to pay a compensation of ₹1,147 crore to the farmers whose Kharif crops last year were affected by the pink...

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India: Go hi-tech to control weeds, experts’ advice to farmers

Date：Nov. 26, 2018 Category：Markets

The state Agriculture Department today launched a state-wide campaign to motivate farmers to adopt proper methods of spraying herbicides with the help of hi-tec...
Indofil Potato protection campaign targets 3.6L ton yield in U’khand India

Date：Nov. 26, 2018 Category：Companies

About 20,000 to 22,000 hectare is the estimated cropped area under Rabi potato in Uttarakhand and in tune with the last year, the total annual yield of the stat...

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Dhanuka Agritech Ltd to strengthen presence in Maharashtra India

Date：Nov. 26, 2018 Category：Companies

Dhanuka Agritech Ltd., India’s leading agrochemical company, is working towards strengthening its already considerable presence in Maharashtra.
UPL to acquire 100% stake in Costa Rica agrochemical company IBC

Date：Nov. 22, 2018 Category：Companies

UPL Corporation Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UPL Limited, announced its decision to acquire 100 per cent of the shares of Industrias Bioquim Centroamer...
CropIn Technology gets Rs 58 crore in Series-B Round

Date：Nov. 21, 2018 Category：Companies

Agriculture startup CropIn Technology Solutions has raised Rs 58 crore ($8 million) in series-B funding from Chiratae Ventures, formerly known as IDG Ventures I...
Crystal Crop Protection acquires 3 Syngenta insecticide, fungicide brands

Date：Nov. 21, 2018 Category：Companies
Crystal Crop Protection Limited

New Delhi-headquartered Crystal Crop Protection, a firm backed by private equity firm Everstone Capital, has acquired three insecticide and fungicide brands fro...
D Narain to lead Bayer South Asia, oversee integration with Monsanto in India

Date：Nov. 16, 2018 Category：Companies

Duraiswami Narain has been appointed as the Senior Bayer Representative for South Asia and Vice Chairman & Managing Director for Bayer CropScience Limited, with...

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: Registration & Launch

FarmHannong launches herbicide Flexo in Philippines
Three Syngenta turf solutions now registered for use in California

FarmHannong launches herbicide Flexo in Philippines
Three Syngenta turf solutions now registered for use in California

: Investment & Expansion

Azelis opens Specialty Agri/Horti application laboratory in China
Eastman Chemical Co. to expand its Louisiana facility with $70M investment

Azelis opens Specialty Agri/Horti application laboratory in China
Eastman Chemical Co. to expand its Louisiana facility with $70M investment

: Collaborations & Licences

The Climate Corporation expands digital solutions for Canadian farmers through two new ag tech partnerships
Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN, AGCO work together to deploy cutting-edge equipment

The Climate Corporation expands digital solutions for Canadian farmers through two new ag tech partnerships
Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN, AGCO work together to deploy cutting-edge equipment

: Mergers & Acquisitions

Koppert partners with Nitrasoil in Argentina
Elders makes $187m takeover bid for AIRR

Koppert partners with Nitrasoil in Argentina
Elders makes $187m takeover bid for AIRR

: Sales Performance

Syngenta crop protection sales flat in H1 2019
Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018

Syngenta crop protection sales flat in H1 2019
Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018

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: What options/alternatives farmers in China have replacing paraquat? Are there other useful herbicdes, i.e. diquat, glufosinate (which others) that can cover this gap? Would the replacements be related to higher costs as well? What crop protection startegies would farmers adapt replacing paraquat?

1 Like 1 AnswersSir, thanks for question. For weed control, Glyphosate and Glufosinate are the main options while many other broad spectrum herbicides also ...All

: Asian soybean rust is the most important disease in soybean, the yield loss being from 10% to 90%, dependent on the geographical region where the disease was reported. What are the key points in controlling Asian rust?

The use of an efficient product since the beginning of the soy cycle is one of the most important decisions for growers after the crop impla...All