– Minor uses and speciality crops at the European Parliament
– Biocontrol for Fruit and vegetables in Africa-Caribbean-Pacific
– Historic movie : Good Phytosanitary Practices in the USA in 1963
– “Why everyone who is sure about a food philosophy is wrong” (T Haspel, Washington Post)
– To smile: Chemical Party (video)
Minor uses and speciality crops at the European Parliament
19 agri-food chain organizations, associated in the AFCRT, and Anthea McIntyre, UK MEP, organized an event at the European Parliament. They “call for a coherent policy on plant protection solutions, including minor uses and speciality crops” Read the presentation including: – Agriculture production perspective, by Luc Peeters, Copa-Cogeca: need for a quick and concrete harmonization of the EU plant…
Biocontrol for Fruit and vegetables in Africa-Caribbean-Pacific
COLEACP-PIP is an initiative for the search of Plant Protection solutions for ACP (Africa-Caribbean-Pacific) countries . In this article (in English), COLEACP, which pilot this initiative, explains the work in progress for a better knowledge of biocontrol solutions. COLEACP notes : « Minor crops (including fruit, vegetables, and herbs) face a global shortage of plant protection products PPPs). The…
Historic movie : Good Phytosanitary Practices in the USA in 1963
L’atelier des archives, a French Internet site, has put this movie (in English) on line. USDA (US Department of Agriculture) and HHS (United States Department of Health and Human Services) had produced this movie in 1963. It’s all about Good Practices in Plant Protection, especially in using pesticides. The movie insists on the obligation of complying with pesticide label,…
“Why everyone who is sure about a food philosophy is wrong” (T Haspel, Washington Post)
Upon this title, Tamar Haspel, writer, demonstrates that the “unbreachable divide between advocates of modern conventional agriculture and, essentially, everyone else, from the mainstream (organic, local, anti-GMO) to the less-so (biodynamics, permaculture, agroforestry)” is not only partisan, but also misleading, “for the simple reason that food and philosophy don’t mix”. According to T Haspel, agriculture is a matter of…
To smile: Chemical Party (video)
The University of Oslo (Norway) has put this humoristic and didactic short video about attraction and repulsion between atoms, which the engine aof chemical reactions.