New Delhi [India]: The Uttar Pradesh government is enforcing a fresh ban on the use of eleven pesticides that damage India’s basmati rice quality and block its entry into key foreign markets. The ban is effective from August  for the next three months. The chemicals include acephate, buprofezin, chlorpyriphos, propiconazole, thiamethoxam, profenofos, carbendazim, tricyclazole, tebuconazole, … Continue reading UP government bans the use of 11 pesticides damaging India’s rice quality