The Ministry of Science and Technology recently formulated the Project declare guideline for 2011 agricultural S&T commercialization fund, requiring to commercialize agricultural biotechnologies and highly effective and low-toxic pesticides, and develop a group of advanced companies with self-reliant IPRs and brands. It focuses on the technologies and products including biological sterilization, insecticide, weeding, deratization, plant growth regulator, microbial inoculants, high effective and low-toxic pesticides, sustainable control methods for regional key biological disasters, and the biological, organic and slow release fertilizer.

In a bid to enhance rural environment and promote the sustainable development of agriculture and rural areas, the guideline also requires to commercialize a group of technologies which can improve and agriculture ecological environment and rural life.

(China IP News)