Combatting counterfeit pesticides

Recognising the threat that counterfeit pesticides pose to UK agriculture, researchers at Harper Adams University hope to reduce the risk by producing best practice recommendations for law and regulatory enforcement agencies. Counterfeit pesticides are a global problem, being particularly common in Asia and some parts of Europe, but evidence would suggest that so far they have had less of an impact on UK agriculture. Researchers at the university in Shropshire hope to identify why this is the case and what the risk factors are which might lead to having a much greater problem with