Ivory Coast's cotton industry was plunged into a crisis in 2022 as crops were devastated by the jassid as these insects are ...

A pesticide-free technique which is economically viable, environment-friendly and gives more yield gains ground in Punjab, ...

From insect larvae that keep munching on pesticide-laden cotton in the U.S. to head lice that won't wash out of children's hair, pests are slowly developing genetic shields that enable them to ...

He says since the early 2000s, farmers started ditching the crop due to attacks by diseases and pests. Mary Ndwiga from Makima in Mbeere South is another farmer who has abandoned cotton farming ...

Each year over one million children between the ages of seven and twelve are hired by Egypt's agricultural cooperatives to take part in cotton pest management. Employed under the authority of ...