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Analysis of Indian and Canadian Laws Regulating the Biopesticides: A Comparison
Hasrat Arjjumend*
Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, Montreal (Quebec) H3A 1X1, and Formerly at Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal, Montréal (QC) H3T 1J7 Canada. Email: hasrat.arjjumend@umontreal.ca
Konstantia Koutouki
Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal, Montréal (Québec) H3T 1J7, and CISDL & Nomomente Institute, Montreal (QC), Canada. E-mail: konstantia.koutouki@umontreal.ca
Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (2021) 001, 26-46. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp001.02
Accepted: 27 March 2021
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An excessive use of toxic plant protection chemicals has irreversibly damaged the soil biology of agroecosystems, resulting in a substantial decline of productivity. Biocontrol agents, especially microbial biopesticides, are seen as one of the key solutions to overcome toxicity and pest resistance issues. Biopesticides are defined as mass-produced agents manufactured from living microorganisms or natural products used for the control of pests. Laws to regulate biopesticides both in India and Canada need to be analysed from the perspectives of trade facilitation, ease of business, proliferation of green technologies and products, and the sustainability and revitalization of soil biology. Registration of new biopesticides for its manufacturing, trade, import, storage, transport, disposal and safety is discussed from the point of view of the legal barriers imposed on the production process and trade. Having compared laws of both countries, authors offer recommendations for legal reform.
Biopesticides; Microbial Products; Agrarian Laws; Legal Analysis; Legal Reform
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Arjjumend, H. and Koutouki, K. (2021). Analysis of Indian and Canadian Laws Regulating the Biopesticides: A Comparison. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 001: 26-46. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp001.02
Arjjumend, H., & Koutouki, K. (2021). Analysis of Indian and Canadian Laws Regulating the Biopesticides: A Comparison. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 001,26-46. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp001.02
Arjjumend H., Koutouki K. Analysis of Indian and Canadian Laws Regulating the Biopesticides: A Comparison. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 2021, 001,26-46. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp001.02
Arjjumend, Hasrat, Koutouki, Konstantia. 2021.“Analysis of Indian and Canadian Laws Regulating the Biopesticides: A Comparison”. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 001: 26-46. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp001.02
Arjjumend, Hasrat and Konstantia Koutouki. 2021. “Analysis of Indian and Canadian Laws Regulating the Biopesticides: A Comparison”. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 001: 26-46. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp001.02
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