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".Endosulfan has a particular niche in local vegetable IPM programs because of its broad spectrum, quick knockdown .(.). of several insect species .(.). Although many new reduced-risk alternatives (i.e., Radiant, Movento) have become available over the past several years, most of the active ingredients have very narrow activity against specific insect species (Leps or aphids/whiteflies) and life stages (immatures). Products including the pyrethoids, neonicotinoids, Lannate, Vydate, MSR, and Orthene will be likely alternatives to replace current endosulfan uses in vegetables and melons. Endosulfan will be particularly missed in the desert on fall melons, where to date endosulfan combinations have provided the adult whitefly control necessary to reduce cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus infection."
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“The production of endosulfan stopped in the EU in 2006, and immediately in 2007 EU started lobbying for a ban. So if Endosulfan was dangerous, why did the EU use it for over 50 years? India has started using it only in the 1980s.” Statistics show that despite having only 8% of the world’s agricultural area, EU is the world’s largest producer, user and exporter of pesticides. In 2007, the global crop pesticides market was $33.19 billion, of which EU alone accounted for $10.42 billion, while India was $1 billion, according to data by agrochemical industry consultant Phillips McDougall. “Despite having 10% of the world’s agricultural area, India consumes a fraction of pesticides and the major chunk is by EU, which wants to maintain its leadership and eliminate competition from low priced products,”…an observer who attends the Stockholm Convention, says scientific data submitted by developing countries and objections raised by India remain on paper - DNA Money December 01, 2009…. Click here to read |
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| “Other chemicals, necessarily substituted for endosulfan, would kill beneficial insects leading to population explosions of damaging pests which in turn would require more frequent sprays of harsher chemicals than if endosulfan had been used in the first place. In addition, because endosulfan is from a different chemical class than almost all other available insecticides, its use is very important for slowing the development of insecticide resistance to the other chemicals. Loss of endosulfan would, therefore, also lead to more insecticide use due to increasing resistance among insect pests. The net result is greater overall danger to agricultural workers and to the environment.” - NRA, ECRP Review of Endosulfan in Australia. |
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Is there a PLANBee? - "The Co-Operative wants the government to fund research into the impact of the neonicotinoid group of pesticides which the company has prohibited on its farms until it is proved they do not harm honeybees. The call comes on the day of the UK premiere of the film Vanishing of the Bees, which explores the mysterious disappearance of honeybee colonies which are a vital pollinator of crops." - article by Alison Benjamin published in Guardian UK October 01, 2009.
The film, opens this week and will bring in focus the softer pesticide such as Endosulfan that targets pests while protecting pollinators like honey bees. Presently, Endosulfan is under scanner at the Stockholm Convention. The release of Vanishing of the Bee will open a field for environmentalists |
at Stockholm Convention to view Endosulfan as a bee friendly option. About one fifth bee population has vanished from UK farms in the winter of 2008-09. Neonicotinoids were introduced in the and America where the collapse has happened. While, in India where Endosulfan is widely used stands to be one of the largest exporters of fruits and vegetables, where these thrive. Environmentalists need to view that replacing Endosulfan may cut down pollinators and the step cannot be reversed. Pollinator safety is prime concern, which is being effectively addressed by users of Endosulfan. Bee population in India speaks for itself, www.vanishingbees.co.uk/ |
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Panting in Poverty - the Indian farmers find this event unimaginable! A European ‘panty making’ company is hosting felicitations for ‘ethical’ panty - celebrating panty in a different way. The complete series of events is embarrassing the traditional farmers in India. The very same cotton fiber that farmers cultivate with hardships, lasting beyond 6 months is being debated to be ethical or not by none other than this panty maker, going beyond the facts that make sense. Farmers hand sow, till and manually remove weeds now feel embarrassed as international environmental NGOs force them to pose holding out skimpy under pants and prove that the pants are ethical and made from cotton in Indian farms. |
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Panty making company hosts website, blogs, tweets all steered to an unfair end – ethical or not! It seems like the panty company is selling ethics of a different kind by marketing a brand, touted as ‘poverty pants’ at a high premium. How ethical is it to demand the poor farmers to stand and exhibit expensive panties? It seems like the panty making company is selling ethics of a different kind, aimed at a country where farming is carried out by traditional means engaging 70% population. Does ethical mean an broader agenda in disguise?
Buy our panties! Buy our ethics! |
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| Our Vision |
To voice concerns of developing countries with respect to policies negatively affecting them in agriculture sector. |
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| Our Mission |
To create awareness about endosulfan among all stake holders through dissemination of scientific facts to dispel myths surrounding it. |
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