2014-10-24

On October 8, Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council presided over the executive meeting of the State Council, revised the list of investment projects approved by the government again, cancelled the approval of 15 categories of projects, including chemical fertilizers, and changed them to the record, and decided to cancel the approval of all overseas investment projects, unless a few other provisions. Industry insiders generally applaud this and believe that the relaxation of investment approval will not have a significant impact on industry investment in the short term, but will help promote the further marketization of the industry and benefit the fertilizer industry in the long run.The approval of 15 types of projects such as chemical fertilizer was cancelled and changed to approval, which is a further relaxation after the approval of chemical fertilizer investment projects was decentralized at the end of last year. According to the Catalogue of Investment Projects Approved by the Government (2013 Version) released by the State Council in December 2013, potash and phosphate fertilizer projects are approved by the provincial government.Tian Youguo, director of the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, believes that the cancellation of the project review is ostensibly to liberalize the investment of enterprises in the fertilizer industry, but actually to regulate the development of the industry through marketization and increase the competitive awareness and pressure on enterprises. This policy only liberalizes the approval process, which means to facilitate the preparation process for enterprises to establish projects, and does not mean to encourage project investment. At present, the fertilizer industry has serious overcapacity, and enterprises are very cautious about new projects, but once there are good projects, it is easier to carry out. For powerful enterprises, it is conducive to the smooth progress of the project; For enterprises with uncompetitive projects, facing overcapacity, they will be more cautious.Liu Shulan, honorary president of the China Nitrogenous Fertilizer Industry Association, also believes that the cancellation of the approval of chemical fertilizer for filing by the state is a measure to promote the marketization of the industry, which is conducive to the rational allocation of resources, and enterprises can make reasonable investment according to market demand. In the past, the reason for strict supervision was mainly to prevent a swarm of projects and avoid repeated construction. For the nitrogen fertilizer industry, the cancellation of fertilizer approval will not have much impact. At present, the nitrogen fertilizer industry has a serious overcapacity, and existing projects are losing money. If the new project is launched, it will not only aggravate the overcapacity, but also not make money, so smart enterprises will not easily invest.Qi Zhaoying, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the Potash (Fertilizer) Industry Branch of the China Inorganic Salt Industry Association, believes that the relaxation of the approval process should be good for the investment in the potash industry, but also reminds enterprises to pay more attention to market factors. She said that in the context of government simplification and decentralization, enterprises will actively and accurately consider market factors when installing new devices, rather than passively wait for policy support.Chen Hongkun, vice president of Shandong Jinzhengda Group, believes that loose policy will help to fully push the industry to the market. From the perspective of enterprises, the government is more expected to do a good job of supervision and prevention from law-abiding, environmental protection, safety and other aspects, and to control the normal operation and operation of enterprises less, so as to make the operation efficiency of enterprises higher.Ruan Guozhu, director of the marketing department of Guizhou Kaiping Chemical Fertilizer Co., Ltd., said that the relaxation of the approval process is a reflection of the decentralization of government power, and is also what enterprises want to see, which is conducive to the development of the chemical fertilizer industry. For phosphate fertilizer enterprises, in the past, they had resources but could not approve projects, and could not successfully carry out deep and fine processing of phosphate rock, while some projects supported by the government often became "chicken ribs". Now the lower threshold is more conducive to full market competition, allowing enterprises to dominate the market, allowing enterprises with resource advantages to develop faster, and promoting the overall development of the industry through technology and market competition.The cancellation of fertilizer approval can be said that enterprises and industries have been looking forward to it. From the adjustment of the proportion of project investment capital in 2009 to the decentralization of project approval authority in 2013, to the change of project approval to approval this year and the cancellation of approval of overseas investment projects all reflect the determination and strength of the government to streamline administration and delegate power, which will have long-term benefits for the marketization of the fertilizer industry. It can be said that promoting the marketization of the fertilizer industry has become a trend. (Zhang Gaoke and Zhang Fan)(Source: China Agrochemical Network)

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2014-10-16

October 14 is the World Standards Day. The theme of this year's World Standards Day is "standards create a fair competition environment". On October 10, 2014, on the eve of the "World Standards Day", the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the National Standards Commission approved and issued 33 national standards, involving health and safety, ecological environment, economic development, social management and other aspects.The series of test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticides includes 21 national standards, which will further improve the scientific level of environmental risk assessment and safety management of pesticides in China, and reduce the potential harm of pesticides to the ecological environment from the source.No.National standard numberNational standard nameImplementation date1GB/T 31270.1-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 1: Soil degradation test2015-03-112GB/T 31270.2-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 2: Hydrolysis test2015-03-113GB/T 31270.3-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 3: Photolysis test2015-03-114GB/T 31270.4-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 4: Soil adsorption/desorption test2015-03-115GB/T 31270.5-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 5: Soil leaching test2015-03-116GB/T 31270.6-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 6: Volatility test2015-03-117GB/T 31270.7-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 7: Bioconcentration test2015-03-118GB/T 31270.8-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 8: Water-sediment system degradation test2015-03-119GB/T 31270.9-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 9: Acute toxicity test of birds2015-03-1110GB/T 31270.10-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 10: bee acute toxicity test2015-03-1111GB/T 31270.11-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 11: Acute toxicity test of silkworm2015-03-1112GB/T 31270.12-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 12: Acute toxicity test of fish2015-03-1113GB/T 31270.13-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 13:? Quasi-acute activity inhibition test2015-03-1114GB/T 31270.14-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 14: Algal growth inhibition test2015-03-1115GB/T 31270.15-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 15: Acute toxicity test of earthworm2015-03-1116GB/T 31270.16-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 16: Soil microbial toxicity test2015-03-1117GB/T 31270.17-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 17: Acute toxicity test of natural enemy Trichogramma2015-03-1118GB/T 31270.18-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 18: Acute toxicity test of natural enemy amphibians2015-03-1119GB/T 31270.19-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 19: Non-target plant influence experiment2015-03-1120GB/T 31270.20-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 20: Short-term feeding toxicity test for domestic animals2015-03-1121GB/T 31270.21-2014Test criteria for environmental safety assessment of chemical pesticidesPart 21: Biological toxicity test of large crustaceans2015-03-11 (Transferred from China Pesticide Industry Network)

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2014-09-15

China uses a large amount of fertilizer, resulting in waste of resources and environmental damage. In the view of domestic and foreign experts, it is impossible and unscientific to give up chemical fertilizers, but China must improve the use efficiency of chemical fertilizers.At the "IFA (China) Fertilizer Sustainable Development Management Forum" held from September 16 to 17, Zhang Fushuo, a professor of China Agricultural University [Weibo], commented on the First Financial and Economic Daily that China's food production mainly depends on high input (of fertilizer and other products), which is not good for the environment, and this food production mode is not sustainable.China consumes more than 1/3 of global fertilizerChina is a large country in fertilizer production and consumption, with the total output and consumption of fertilizer accounting for more than 1/3 of the world. Excessive application of chemical fertilizer has become the curse of Chinese agriculture.Heavy use of chemical fertilizers will lead to a series of negative consequences. Long Wen, deputy director of the Agricultural Means Bureau of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperation, believes that the excessive use of chemical fertilizers not only wastes non-renewable energy and resources such as coal and phosphate rock, but also increases the domestic dependence on sulfur and potassium. In addition, the increase of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural sources and river pollution.In 2010, the Ministry of Environmental Protection issued the Bulletin of the First National Pollution Source Survey. If the proportion of pollution sources is measured by COD (chemical oxygen demand) emissions, agriculture will surpass industry as a major pollution source.Zhang Lijun, then deputy minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, said that at present, the pollution problem of agricultural sources in China is relatively seriousZhang Fushuo said, for example, that a large amount of agricultural fertilization led to a 0.5 unit drop in the PH value of farmland nationwide, and the soil was generally acidified. Acidification, first of all, causes poor crop growth. Secondly, it causes the occurrence of diseases and pests, heavy metals exceeding the standard, and food safety problems.Ineffective use is the root causeThe root cause of the large amount of fertilizer is the low use efficiency.The rice yield per unit area in China is similar to that in Japan, but the amount of nitrogen fertilizer used is three times that in Japan and twice that in South Korea. In addition to the poor soil conditions, the more important is the unreasonable use of fertilizer.Gao Xiangzhao, director of the water-saving department of the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center, believes that China's fertilizer consumption is more than that of other countries, which is related to the planting system. Due to the high multiple cropping index of many cash crops in China, the amount of fertilizer is directly large. In addition, the lack of water resources, especially the mismatch between water resources and agricultural production, has also caused a large waste of fertilizer.For example, in recent years, China's main grain production areas are shifting from the south to the north. And the north is the area with serious shortage of water resources. What's more, in agricultural production, the mutual matching of water and nutrients is rarely considered. Unreasonable water use, especially flood irrigation, has resulted in a large amount of fertilizer waste.It is imperative to improve the efficiency of fertilizer use, whether from the perspective of agriculture, economy or environmental protection.In addition to chemical fertilizers, the growth rate of traditional agricultural inputs such as irrigation, plastic film and pesticides in China's agriculture is also much faster than the growth rate of grain production.Zhang Fushuo believes that China's food is produced entirely on the premise of high investment and no special benefits to the environment. This food production mode is unsustainable.Long Wen suggested that we should further deepen the work of soil testing formula, accelerate the change of farmers' extensive fertilization concept, and improve farmers' scientific fertilization level. "The government should establish a sound policy support system and technological innovation system, form a sustainable new system for the production, marketing and use of fertilizer, and promote the nationwide precision service of agricultural materials."The International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) is developing a nutrient management project. Charlotte Hebebrand, the secretary-general of the International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA), described how to teach farmers how to use the right nutrients at the right time and in the right proportion. Because, in different agricultural areas, the specific characteristics of crops and soil are different. This is of great significance in China, which has many small farmers."How to effectively and scientifically manage water and fertilizer comprehensively should be the key to further improve fertilizer utilization in China," Gao Xiangzhao said.(Sina Agriculture)

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2014-09-15

Viewpoint collision: Is there any living space for traditional dealers?Author: Wu YanDuring the Spring Festival, the author visited the countryside and deeply felt the urgency of rural land circulation. Taking a small village adjacent to the Yangtze River in Anhui Province as an example, hundreds of acres of cultivated land are now only cultivated by five 60-year-old farmers, a considerable number of which are abandoned. According to local people, a large planter will enter the village after the year and contract the farmland of the village at a price of 100 yuan per mu. At present, the concentration of cultivated land is irresistible, and the agricultural production mode is undergoing great changes. Under the new situation, does the traditional distributor still have room for survival?Party A's dealers should follow the trendAs far as the industrial chain is concerned, the agricultural materials dealer is a channel connecting industry and agriculture. The agricultural production mode has changed, and the role of the agricultural materials dealer must also be adjusted. If the agricultural production model of one household corresponds to a large number of agricultural materials dealers that are spread all over the villages and towns, then the scale of agriculture corresponds to comprehensive service providers that provide products, technology, management, etc.On the one hand, based on the increasing concentration of arable land and the continuous transfer of rural labor, the number of agricultural production entities will be significantly reduced in the future. For agricultural materials dealers, this also means the shrinking of service objects. Therefore, it can be predicted that in the future, some dealers who do not adapt to the new situation and lack of new ideas will withdraw from the stage of agricultural means circulation.On the one hand, the new agricultural production situation is breeding new development opportunities. Among them, agricultural socialized service organizations are particularly eye-catching. Taking rice as an example, socialized services can cover the whole process from seedling cultivation to machine farming, machine transplanting, machine defense and machine harvest. For agricultural means dealers, if a similar service organization is established, it can not only implant product sales into it, but also obtain value-added benefits through services.In a word, in the general situation of the rapid promotion of agricultural intensification, the scale of agricultural materials dealers will be reduced, and the business model will be transformed to service providers. It will be difficult to have a foothold in the future market simply relying on selling products.Party B will never changeNo matter how the organizational form of agricultural production will change in the future, the group of agricultural materials dealers will not disappear. As a social division of labor, they do not conflict with each other in terms of products, services or both. In other words, with the rise of large-scale agriculture, it can be predicted that some traditional dealers will transform to service providers, while others will continue to play the role of distributors of agricultural products.The transportation, storage and distribution of fertilizer products also need professional enterprises to operate, which is difficult to replace by ordinary agricultural technology service providers. Therefore, from the perspective of the industrial chain, the future agricultural materials dealers will not only take charge of marketing and services, but on the contrary, the distributors will be more professional, and the division of service and circulation will be more detailed. Of course, due to the progress of science and technology, the form and format of distribution of agricultural materials may change. For example, the emerging e-commerce is worthy of attention.Based on this, the transformation path of agricultural means distributors is not limited to service. It is a choice to be professional agricultural means distributors to improve circulation efficiency and service quality through intensive cultivation network and brand operation.(Sina Agriculture)

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2014-09-15

Agricultural products compete to "touch the net" and face four challengesAlthough there are some forms of agricultural cooperatives in China, more than 70% of agricultural products are still provided by retail investorsYesterday, another e-commerce platform for agricultural products was launched. The online trading platform of agricultural products, Shanghai Wuxin Agricultural Products Trading Online, which focuses on spot trading. Like many e-commerce websites of agricultural products at present, Wuxin Agricultural Products Trading Online also wants to gain an opportunity in the field of e-commerce of agricultural products that has not been truly developed.However, up to now, there are not many e-commerce platforms for agricultural products that can really succeed. Industry insiders said that behind the "succession" of many e-commerce companies for agricultural products, the difficulties in industrial development were highlighted. To succeed in e-commerce for agricultural products, it still needed to cross four mountains.E-commerce of agricultural products is coldLin Yuan, chairman of Wuxin Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Wuxin Electronic"), told China Business Daily that Wuxin Agricultural Products Trading Network had been put into trial operation for one month before it was officially launched, with a turnover of only 40 million yuan. According to the agency fee charged by the enterprise at present, only 240000 yuan has been recorded. Up to now, the company has invested 156 million yuan in this project. This kind of benefit worries Linyuan. Although it was full of confidence at the beginning, if it continues to maintain this kind of benefit, it is difficult for the enterprise funds to support for too long.Like most companies that have entered the e-commerce field of agricultural products before, Lin Yuan believes that this field has great potential. At present, the traditional trading channels of agricultural products in China are complex, with many links and high circulation costs. Lin Yuan, who has been engaged in the wholesale of agricultural products, told the reporter that according to the current circulation channel, taking vegetables as an example, the local purchasers first buy them from local farmers or agricultural cooperatives, and then sell them to large agricultural product origin markets (such as Shandong Shouguang Vegetable Wholesale Market, etc.) at an increase of 5%. The origin wholesalers sell them to the local wholesale market at an increase of 18% - 20%, and the local distributors sell them to consumers at an increase of 35% - 40%, During this period, it is not ruled out that there are more dealers who increase prices layer by layer. When vegetables reach consumers through such circulation channels, the price is at least twice as high as when farmers sell them.Through the agricultural products online trading platform, a large number of intermediate channels can be saved, and the agricultural cooperatives can be realized to the terminal sales market. Lin Yuan estimated that the price of agricultural products could be reduced by at least 30% through the online trading platform.Yu Jianyang, deputy general manager of Wuxin Electronics, said that this also has the advantages of optimizing the allocation of agricultural products resources and saving agricultural products logistics costs.However, in front of the seemingly beautiful blueprint, both suppliers and sellers (agricultural cooperatives, agricultural products production and processing enterprises, etc.) and buyers (agricultural products wholesalers, distributors) are in a fog. In fact, up to now, there are few large-scale e-commerce platforms for agricultural products in China. There are still many difficulties to overcome in order to achieve large-scale e-commerce for agricultural products.Four challengesIn front of e-commerce of domestic agricultural products, the first problem is standardization. Although the mode of Wuxin Electronics is spot trading, the buyers at the other end of the city can't know the advantages and disadvantages of the seller's products, and some wholesalers have expressed similar concerns. Therefore, it is necessary to standardize agricultural products, but this has great difficulties. Relevant agricultural experts told reporters that although e-commerce is a major trend, there is still a long way to go to standardize agricultural products, and it is difficult to realize online transactions without standardization.Secondly, the quality control of agricultural products is also a big problem in front of the agricultural products trading platform. As the first responsible person for food safety, the e-commerce platform must control the quality and safety of agricultural products sold online. Once the platform is large, enterprises must invest a lot of energy to ensure food safety.How to connect many scattered farmers and consumers is also a big problem. Although there are some forms of agricultural cooperatives in China, more than 70% of agricultural products are still provided by retail investors, and there are a large number of consumers at the end of the consumer market. How to connect both ends of demand is a big problem.In addition, the profit model also needs to be explored. Yu Jianyang revealed that in the future, the company will eventually develop into an optimized allocation company of agricultural products resources and make profits by charging logistics distribution fees, which will test the company's logistics distribution and resource integration capabilities. At present, logistics is a big problem for all e-commerce platforms.(China Business Daily)

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2014-09-15

In recent years, due to the requirements of environmental protection and food safety, traditional dosage forms such as emulsifiable concentrate and powder are being phased out, and environmental protection agents represented by suspension agents and water dispersible granules have become the focus of research and development in the industry. Experts suggested that enterprises should increase scientific and technological innovation in this field, fully exchange and study, and jointly promote the level of pesticide preparations in China. This is the information obtained by the reporter from the 14th Shandong Provincial Pesticide Information Exchange Conference and the 7th Pesticide Processing Technology Training Course held in Qingdao on August 25.It is understood that the suspension agent has the characteristics of avoiding the use of any solvent, high biological activity, safety and environmental protection, and will lead the development of pesticides in the future. At present, it is also a rapidly developing agent in China. As of January 16, this year, the total number of suspended agent registrations was 1922, accounting for about 7.3%, making it the third largest pesticide dosage form in China.Li Zhonghua, vice president of the China Pesticide Industry Association, said that China's pesticide processing technology has made great progress in recent years, and the formulation is becoming more and more scientific. However, it is undeniable that the pesticide industry is still facing many challenges, and traditional formulations such as emulsifiable concentrates will be phased out. In the future, China's pesticide industry should increase scientific and technological innovation and strengthen the research, development and industrialization of green ecological pesticides. Enterprises should strengthen cooperation, share resources and jointly promote the development of China's pesticide industry.Through years of efforts, new pesticide formulations in China have achieved rapid development. By the end of 2013, the formulation structure of pesticide products had been significantly optimized, the proportion of traditional formulations had gradually declined, and suspension agents and water dispersible granules had become the main force. In the future, pesticide formulations should be developed in the direction of water-based, granulated, labor-saving, slow-release, economical and refined, and the pesticide formulations should be selected based on the physical characteristics of the original drug, the biological activity and mode of action of the active substances, the biological characteristics of the control object, the requirements of the use technology, the impact of the climatic and environmental conditions during use, processing costs and market competitiveness.At present, the quality of suspension agent products in the domestic market is uneven, and some products still have poor physical stability. Long-term storage is prone to serious water separation, stratification and precipitation, and some even agglomeration, which seriously affects and restricts the production, sales and use of suspension agent in China. In the future, long-term storage stability and synergistic effect will be the focus of research and development of suspension agent. Through the analysis of suspension agent formula design, high-quality and stable suspension agent products can be processed by selecting high-quality technical drugs, suitable surfactants and effective additives. (Source: Agricultural Means Guide)

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2014-06-23

The 2014 Pesticide Industry Economic Operation Analysis Conference and the 2014 Pesticide Industry Ranking Conference were held in Hefei recently. Professor Zhang Yibin of Shanghai Pesticide Research Institute focused on the impact of foreign pesticide market characteristics on China's pesticide industry.Zhang Yibin first made a detailed comparison between the world pesticide market and China's market pattern: in the past 10 years, the world pesticide market has developed in a spiral pattern, but it has increased continuously in the past 4 years, while China's pesticide production has also increased continuously in the same period, but the growth rate has gradually decreased; From the perspective of major crops in the world, the major pesticide market is fruit trees and vegetables, followed by soybeans, corn, rice, cotton, rape, sugar cane, sugar beet, etc., while the major pesticide market in China is rice, followed by fruit trees and vegetables, corn, cotton, soybeans, rape, sugar cane, etc; From the perspective of the growth of pesticide application market, from 2009 to 2013, the average annual growth rate of China's pesticide application market ranked eighth in the world, and the market potential cannot be underestimated.When talking about the impact of varieties developed by foreign pesticide companies on China's pesticide market, Zhang Yibin pointed out that the development of China's pesticide industry cannot be separated from the leadership of foreign companies, including the treatment of three wastes and the importance of the environment, technological progress, and formulation development. However, foreign pesticides also have certain negative effects on China. For example, the vast majority of varieties in the structure are foreign developed varieties. At present, among the varieties used in China, foreign non-patented and old varieties are dominant, so China can not be called "pesticide power". In addition, the increase in foreign procurement of Chinese pesticide technical drugs and intermediates has actually caused certain pressure on China's environment, and the export of high-profit agricultural pharmaceutical products to China has virtually squeezed China's pesticide market.So how should we deal with the impact of foreign pesticides on China? Zhang Yibin put forward several countermeasures: first, to further improve China's R&D level, second, to improve the industrial development capacity, third, to change the chaotic state in sales, fourth, to form China's own "fist products", fifth, to clarify the division of labor, and to be consistent with the outside world, sixth, to focus on improving the quality of service and personnel. Only in this way can China truly realize the transformation from "pesticide power" to "pesticide power". (Sichuan Rural Daily)

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2014-06-23

According to the new data released by the Pesticide Control Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture, the proportion gap between the proportion of traditional Chinese medicine and the proportion of preparations in the export of pesticides in the first quarter of this year has widened, and preparations play a leading role. The increasing export proportion of pesticide preparations with high added value shows that China's pesticide export structure is further rationalized, and also reflects the improvement of China's pesticide preparation production level.It is understood that China's pesticide exports account for half of the total domestic output. In 2013, China produced 3.1895 million tons of pesticides and exported 1.6219 million tons. Pesticide exports accounted for 50.85% of pesticide production.According to Zhang Wenjun, director of the Pesticide Control Institute of the Ministry of Pesticide, with the improvement of the level of the pesticide industry in recent years, the pesticide export pattern has undergone gratifying changes. Among them, the significant change is reflected in the increasing proportion of pesticide preparations in exports, while the proportion of technical drugs is getting smaller and smaller. This made a substantive breakthrough in 2013. In 2013, the import and export of pesticide technical drugs decreased for the first time, and the import and export of preparations continued to increase. The growth of pesticide import and export trade was only driven by preparations for the first time. In 2013, the volume and value of pharmaceutical exports were 9926000 tons and 3.441 billion dollars, with growth rates of 15.86% and 25.47% respectively; Accounting for 61.20% and 40.37% of total exports. The quantity and value of technical drug exports were 629200 tons and 5082 million US dollars, down 15.26% and 0.75% respectively; It accounted for 38.80% and 59.63% of the total exports, which decreased by 8 percentage points and 6 percentage points respectively.In the first quarter of this year, pesticide trade continued the momentum of 2013 and the export structure was further optimized. According to Zhang Wenjun's analysis, the quantity and amount of pesticide exports this year have a stable trend, and the average export price has risen. The export of pesticides in the first quarter was 428500 tons, down 3.64% year on year; The export value was 2.190 billion US dollars, up 0.18% year on year.The preparation plays the leading role. The export volume of preparations in the first quarter was 275500 tons, up 2.95% year on year, accounting for 64.28%; The export value was US $964 million, up 10.37% year on year, accounting for 44.02%.Zhang Wenjun also analyzed other characteristics of pesticide export. From the perspective of export regions, Asia and South America led the export market, with the export volume reaching 168000 tons and 77600 tons respectively; Africa has highlighted its potential, with its export growth rate reaching 19.9%. From the perspective of export types, the quantity and amount of herbicides exported still ranked the first, with the export volume of 298800 tons and the export amount of 1.325 billion dollars; Both the quantity and price of pesticides increased, with the growth rate of 8.84% and 11.99% respectively. In terms of export varieties, the export quantity of glyphosate took the lead, reaching 133300 tons, accounting for 31.3%; The export value of paraquat increased by 43.28%.Cao Chengyu, Deputy Secretary-General of China Pesticide Industry Association, said that the changes in China's pesticide import and export were very gratifying. The year-on-year growth of the amount of pharmaceutical exports was much more than the growth of the export volume, which also reflected the improvement of China's pesticide industry, especially the level of pharmaceutical production. However, compared with foreign countries, there is still a big gap in the production of pesticide preparations in China. China's pesticide enterprises still have great potential in creating independent brands in the international market. (Window of Business in Inner Mongolia)

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2014-05-13

The national major scientific research plan project "Basic research on improving the effectiveness and safety of pesticides by using nanomaterials and technologies" was launched on February 24. The drawbacks of traditional chemical pesticide residues exceeding the standard and polluting the environment are expected to be improved through nanotechnology.According to Cui Haixin, the chief scientist of the project and researcher of the Institute of Environmental Protection and Development of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China is the world's largest country in the production and use of pesticides. At present, more than 100 kinds of agricultural diseases and insect pests occur all year round, with an annual chemical control area of 7 billion mu and an annual use of more than 2 million tons of pesticides; The annual output of pesticides exceeds 3 million tons (converted into original drugs), with an output value of more than 200 billion yuan. Pesticide has become an important material basis for ensuring safe and stable agricultural production. However, at the same time, the proportion of low residual toxicity preparations is not high, and high value-added pesticides still rely on imports. It is shown that the effectiveness and safety of traditional pesticide formulations need to be improved urgently: poor dispersion, poor deposition, low biological activity, slow degradation, target crop utilization rate less than 30%, and pest dose less than 0.1%. It leads to pesticide residues, environmental pollution, destruction of biodiversity and ecological degradation. Therefore, the development of green pesticide preparations is a major strategic demand of the country.Cui Haixin stressed that nanotechnology is an important means to alleviate pesticide residue pollution. Due to its small size, large specific surface area and modifiability, nanomaterials have the advantages of water-based drug delivery system to improve dispersion, carrier encapsulation to enhance stability, targeted delivery to improve utilization, controlled release to extend the shelf life, catalytic degradation to reduce residue, and so on.The project will aim to improve the water-based dispersion characteristics of insoluble pesticides and improve their bioavailability; Improve the leaf adhesion, retention and coverage of pesticides, improve the effective utilization rate and reduce the loss; Improve the mode of action of pesticides on target insects, the way and efficiency of insect invasion, and improve biological activity and toxicity; Accelerate the degradation process of pesticide residues, improve their environmental behavior and biological safety, and reduce agricultural product residues and environmental pollution. Strive to use five years to reveal the mechanism of using nanomaterials and technologies to improve the function of pesticide formulations, improve the effectiveness and safety, and break through the theoretical bottleneck in the creation of pesticide formulations; Establish the preparation method of safe and low-cost nano-drug loading system, develop the new formulation design mode of green nano-pesticide, promote the development of China's green pesticide industry, and alleviate pesticide food residues and environmental pollution.(China Agrochemical Network)

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2014-01-02

In recent years, with the deepening of the concept of environmental protection, green pesticides with low pollution have gradually become the mainstream, and many enterprises with serious pollution and unqualified environmental protection data will lose their market.Since this year, the demand for botanical pesticides has been growing rapidly. The national demand for pesticides will increase to 1.68 million tons in 2015, with an average annual growth rate of 5.6% during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, which brings huge development opportunities for pesticide enterprises. The Ministry of Agriculture has put forward the plant protection concept of green prevention and control, which has opened up a broad market space for biological pesticides, especially providing a strong impetus for the development of botanical pesticides. The future development space of botanical pesticides will be broader, and the demand and price of pesticides will reach a new level. In the future, enterprises should pay more attention to this field and inject stamina into their development.Modern pesticides have entered the era of super efficient, low dosage and pollution-free green pesticides. New planting patterns and ecological concepts have put forward higher requirements for the development and application of pesticides. At present, the quality and safety of agricultural products is the focus of public attention. Enterprises should speed up the research and development and promotion of microbial pesticides, botanical pesticides and other biological pesticides as well as low-toxicity and low-residue pesticides to meet the need for the prevention and control of harmless diseases and pests. At the same time, we should pay more attention to environmental protection, develop and promote more selective, eco-friendly and environment-friendly pesticides to better meet the needs of green countryside and ecological civilization.At present, the rural labor force is in short supply, and agricultural production is in urgent need of developing and promoting pesticides with low consumption and high prevention efficiency, as well as new preparations and new formulations suitable for large and medium-sized plant protection machinery and aircraft aviation operations, in order to improve the efficiency of disease and pest control, promote large-scale planting and operation, and quickly control the hazards in case of disease and pest outbreak and recurrence. At the same time, in order to facilitate the use of farmers, efforts should be made to develop and promote new dosage forms such as tablets and granules suitable for different crops, different regions and different environments, so as to reduce the labor intensity of farmers. In addition, pesticide enterprises also need to pay attention to the diversified needs of pesticide production to meet the needs of disease prevention and pest control of various cash crops and small crops such as vegetables and fruits.China should increase its research and development efforts and jointly promote the healthy development of the pesticide industry with innovation as the engine. At the same time, with the support of national policies and funds, aiming at the international high level, using high-tech to transform traditional products, constantly innovate, develop and create biological pesticide varieties, so as to effectively improve the competitiveness of pesticide enterprises. (China Business Intelligence Network)

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