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Europe-banned insecticide ‘threatens Africa’s food security’

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SciDev.net

Publication Date
2019-11-20

[CAPE TOWN] Scientists are calling on African policymakers to act urgently to control the use of pesticides called neonicotinoids, which threaten the wider ecosystem and food security, and have been banned by the European Union.

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https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/environment/news/europe-banned-insecticide-threatens-africa-s-food-security.html