Tag: CO2
International Pest Control – March/April 2026 – Vol 68, Nr.2
In this issue – largely put together by our new Deputy Editor – we report on a significant new UK grant for precision breeding to develop more sustainable crops, and funding to better understand disease in rice and to look at novel RNAi fungicides. Conventional pesticides are yet again in the spotlight, this time for […]
International Pest Control – January/February 2026 – Vol 68, Nr.1
As if chemical pesticides are not under enough pressure, a team led by the University of Cambridge tested the effect of 1,076 chemical food contaminants including herbicides and insecticides on 22 species of gut bacteria. 168 were found to be toxic and the data is now being used to predict if industrial chemicals will be […]
The Conservation Farming Unit: A Force for Agricultural Change in Zambia
The Conservation Farming Unit (CFU), a not for profit company, was set up in Zambia more than 20 years ago with one aim – to promote Conservation Farming (CF) to small and medium scale farmers in Zambia. Since its inception in 1995 the CFU has not altered in this aim. With the backing of the […]
