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IF the Philippines wants to ensure that its farm produce is robust and meets the pesticide residue limits set by its trading partners, then it should consider using biopesticides. So says the man at the helm of Israel-based bio-agri technology firm STK.

IF the Philippines wants to ensure that its farm produce is robust and meets the pesticide residue limits set by its trading partners, then it should consider using biopesticides. So says the man at the helm of Israel-based bio-agri technology firm STK.

According to STK CEO Guy Elitzur, biological solutions would solve not only the efficacy issues of crops, but would also leave produce with much lower chemical content.

“We are in an age where farmers are being concerned [with] other parameters not only in terms of efficacy. [For example] they are now pressed by food companies and supermarkets in the US and in Europe, as well as countries exporting to these countries, to use less and less chemicals,” Elitzur told the BusinessMirror in an interview.

See full article at Business Mirror

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