Syngenta AG will lay off 135 full-time employees and another 160 contractors in Houston this year as the company closes its Greens Bayou facility near the Port of Houston, USA.The manufacturing plant produces chlorothalonil, a pesticide that was recently banned in Europe by a European Union decision

Syngenta plans to build its first herbicide plant in Russia at a cost of 1.6 billion roubles ($25 million), it said on Tuesday. Syngenta is aiming to produce domestically 80% of all crop protection products sold in Russia by 2021, its representative in the country Anton Pushkarev told Reuters. The c

The registration of certain uses of insecticide acephate in Canada is proposed for cancellation. Other labelled uses of acephate are proposed for continued registration with mitigation measures to protect human health and/or the environment. Acephate is an insecticide registered to control a broad s

UK-Pakistan Science and Innovation Global Network (UPSIGN) jointly hosted a two day workshop to develop bio-control strategies and produce biopesticides in Pakistan and to address the mounting concerns of food safety and security.Scientists and researchers from Pakistan and UK determined to develop

AlgaEnergy’s wholly-owned subsidiary in India, MicroAlgae Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. (MASI) and Krishi Rasayan Export Pvt Ltd’s (KREPL) sister concern , Agrolife Sciences Corporation (ALSC) have formed a 50-50 joint venture ‘AgMA Energy Pvt. Ltd’. AgMA Energy, Delhi has been established to develop a