Red hot peppers drive biopesticide adoption in Pakistan

Published 2022년 12월 26일

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A workshop at the Faisalabad Agricultural University called for the promotion of environmental friendly production to protect the quality of Pakistan's export products, particularly red pepper. The university emphasized the need for developing a national market for bioinsecticides to reduce the use of harmful agrochemical pesticides, which can pose a threat to human health and the environment, and can also damage the reputation of Pakistani red pepper due to exceeding maximum residue limits (MRL). Pakistan, as a member of the World Trade Organization, sometimes struggles to meet MRL requirements, leading to the rejection of batches of red peppers. The lack of MRL laboratories in the country was also highlighted. Bioinsecticides, which are naturally occurring substances that control harmful insect mechanisms without posing a risk of exceeding residues, are seen as a solution to this problem.

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Environmental friendliness of production is important to protect the quality of the country's most important export product, scientists say, and suggest starting with the creation of a national market for bioinsecticides Prof. Dr. Ikrar Ahmad Khan, Vice-Chancellor of the Faisalabad Agricultural University (UAF), stated at a recent workshop on "an innovative approach to regulatory harmonization in Pakistan regarding maximum residue limits and biopesticides" that promoting biopesticides in the agricultural sector is critical , reports Roshin Javed in an article on the portal www.technologytimes.pk. According to the speaker, there are several reasons for the development of the biopesticide industry in Pakistan. Firstly, chemical control specifically against insect pests can pose a serious threat to human health, the environment and the ecosystem, and secondly, it damages the reputation of Pakistani red pepper. Prof. Dr. Sohail Ahmad, Chairman of UAF's Department of Entomology, ...

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