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Tag Archives: fungicide
Revealed: the chemical blitz bees face in fields
Dave Goulson at The Conversation tells us about insecticides on British crops. Last year on oilseed rape (rapeseed, canola, Brassica napus) Prof Goulson found the neonicotinoid called thiamethoxam (which, by now, is temporarily banned), the pyrethroids called beta-cyfluthrin and alpha-cypermethrin, … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, knowledge transfer, money and trade
Tagged alpha-cypermethrin, arthropod, beta-cyfluthrin, brassica, bumblebee, canola, crop, farmer, fungicide, fungus, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, insecticide, integrated pest management, neonicotinoid, oilseed, pest, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, pollination, pollution, prothioconazole, pyrethroid, rapeseed, thiamethoxam, trade, wild bee, wild pollinator
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The Role and Risk of Coffee-based Development in Ethiopia
Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
Two Farmers in Ethiopia Pick Coffee Cherries, the fruit processed into coffee beans (Image courtesy The Upcoming). A new report issued by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) claimed that the child mortality…
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Tagged arboriculture, cash crop, child, coffee, coffee leaf rust, crop, development, disease, farmer, fungicide, fungus, organic, pathogen, plant_dicot, poverty, shrub, trade
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Scientists discover what’s killing the bees and it’s worse than you thought – Quartz
Originally posted on seeds for natural justice:
Scientists discover what’s killing the bees and it’s worse than you thought – Quartz. It’s not one chemical, it’s the toxic soup from industrial agriculture, including fungicides on apples… exerpt: “There’s growing…
Posted in agriculture, ecology, horticulture, miniculture
Tagged apiculture, arthropod, conservation, entomoculture, fungicide, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, insecticide, intensive, neonicotinoid, pesticide, pollination, research, wild bee
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