India: CCFI Claims Indigenous Pesticides Meet Global Standards
Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI), an industry body of pesticide manufacturers and formulators, claims that indigenous pesticides meet global standards and help farmers reduce 30% of annual crop losses in commercial and horticultural crops, reports The Economic Times.
“There has been false propaganda that 40- 50% of pesticides are “spurious or substandard” in the market in not only false but tarnishes the image of genuine manufacturers. This is baseless,” said Harsh Mehta, senior advisor to CCFI.
Right to Information applications filed with various state governments by CCFI have also revealed that 97.2% of pesticide samples were quality products meeting international standards.
Continue reading at The Economic Times.
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