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Kyrgyzstan is set to become only the second country in the world to change their entire nation in to a 100% organic farming paradise, 24.kg reported last week. The move by Kyrgyzstan follows a similar announcement in 2015 by Bhutan, which will have entirely organic food production by 2020, following a five...

China is set to introduce maximum residue limits (MRLs) of 200 parts per billion (ppb) or lower for glyphosate in all imported final food products and...

Plans to boost trust in the EU approval procedure by making it more transparent and accountable were put forward by the special committee on pesticides. Source: www.eureporter.co Among...

African farmers are demanding that Lynas cease using their images in his GMO promotionals; Lynas’s mischief-making may have triggered Tanzania’s ending...

Bayer, the German drugmaker that bought U.S. seed company Monsanto earlier this year, announced on Thursday the sale of a number of businesses, around...

The French government has released its glyphosate ‘phase-out’ online platform, in an attempt to help farmers across the country to stop using...

Tanzanian civil society organisations (CSOs) welcome the decision of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Mathew...

The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) has welcomed the decision of the South African biosafety authorities, rejecting Monsanto’s application for...

Despite the existence of chemical-free methods to eradicate pests, Americans use more than a billion pounds of agricultural pesticides per year. These...

The German Federal Minister for the Environment, Svenja Schulze, is calling for pesticide-free compensation areas and a binding date for the phase-out...