What News
I do read the labels and safety sheets of the pesticides or phytosanitary
Labels and safety sheets of plant protection products inform us about the responsible usage of the product, the care and precautions that we must have when handling, applying, storing or transporting them.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the application of agrochemicals
To achieve a successful production, a series of factors must be met, ranging from soil preparation, seed quality, agrochemical application, crop management and harvesting.
Join the campaign against the illegal trade of pesticides
Illegal pesticides threaten development, destroy crops and generate economic losses. CropLife Latin America, along with its network of national associations in Latin America, works with authorities, companies and farmers to make visible this issue and fight it in every country. These are some of the actions against illegal trade during 2018.
Farmers and beekeepers: a perfect marriage?
Mutual cooperation between farmers and beekeepers, the responsible use of pesticides, and good beekeeping practices are key conditions to protect pollinators. However, communication between both sectors is non-existent in many areas, and knowledge about pollination and its benefits is scarce for many farmers in the region.
Latin America Advances in improving agrochemical sector regulations
Latin America advances in improving agrochemical sector regulations. These are some advances in 2018:
Beekeepers and farmers ─ communication is key to protect bees
Encouraging dialogue and collaboration between farmers and beekeepers should be a constant task to achieve the protection of bees, the coexistence and mutual benefit of the two activities.
Bees help coffee in the face of climate change
Recently, a study was published that analyzes how coffee would be affected in the region with the highest grain production in the world: Latin America. The good news is that the diversity of species of bees will help compensate the lack of adaptability of the plant to climate change thanks to pollination.
How to improve agricultural and beekeeping practices for the health of bees?
Given the growing interest in the health of bees and pollinators in general, CropLife Latin America is launching this course that promotes communication and cooperation between beekeepers and farmers.
- CropLife Latin America virtual course platform
- Latest ecological fake news scare: Like the ‘honeybee armageddon’ narrative, pesticide-driven ‘insect-pocalypse’ claim is collapsing
- Access to technologies and adoption of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) are the keys to agriculture in Latin America
- Organic is neither safer nor more nutritious