Pesticide Use Reduction Articles & Analysis
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Dry ice is a good cold insulated medium , it has kinds of type with different size , like small pellets , bullets , and blocks ; among them , dry ice block cooling performance is the best . So how does Dry ice block work ? At room temperature and pressure, dry ice directly sublimates into gas-CO2 without liquefication, absorbing a lot of heat and rapidly cooling the surrounding environment. ...
Ozone in vertical farming is an excellent organic fungicide and biocide. In addition to its high efficiency and the advantages of not leaving chemical residues on the leaves. When ozone is dissolved in water favors root growth and increases dissolved oxygen in plants. About 90% of the water used worldwide is for agriculture. Ozone helps reduce the amount of water and helps inactivate viruses ...
“Brazil is [the] second largest consumer of pesticides after the United States,” he says. The global pesticides market is estimated to be US$45 billion. “In 2015, US$9.6 billion of pesticides were sold in Brazil,” Pelaez says. ...
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The use of pesticides in foods is a concern - especially as some of these substances build up in food and pass into the human body. A pesticide is a substance used in agriculture mainly for repelling, eliminating, reducing, etc insects or microorganisms that might harm the crops. There are numerous scientific studies that demonstrate the problems that these substances can cause within the body - ...
Ecologist Katherine Ingram is on a quest to quantify the economic value of insect-eating bats in walnut groves. For the past three years, Katherine Ingram has had a most unusual summer job: catching bats and studying their droppings to see what they eat. A doctoral student in ecology at the University of California, Davis, Ingram is exploring the role bats can play as winged soldiers in the ...
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Is it possible to reduce pesticide use without compromising crop yields? Yes — and then some, according to a new study published in the journal Insects. Researchers at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom measured pesticide use and crop yield at 85 project sites in 24 Asian and African countries practicing integrated pest management — an agronomic approach that taps ...
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Are pesticides used efficiently in eggplant cultivation? Is Genetically Engineered (GE) eggplant a good alternative to pesticide use? ...
GMOs have had a favourable environmental impact by facilitating reduced pesticide use and adoption of conservation tillage.Keywords: Latin America, environmental impact, genetically modified crops, GM crops, developing countries, genetic modification, GMOs, agricultural biotechnology, conservation tillage, pesticide ...
In addition, Bt-cotton significantly reduced the use of pesticide with consequent potential benefits to human health and the environment.Keywords: Bt-cotton, sustainability, South Africa, agricultural biotechnology, developing countries, genetic modification, pest resistance, small-scale farming, GM cotton, pesticide ...
After that, based on surveys of 33 large commercial Bt maize farmers and 368 smallholders in 2001/2, it shows that Bt maize gives higher yields for both groups and reduces pesticide use particularly for the large commercial farmers. The paper concludes with a discussion of policy options which would make the Bt maize more accessible to more small ...
A new report released by the Pacific Institute and the California Green Scissors project makes the case for changing the way pesticides are regulated in California. According to the report, if California significantly increased its funding for sustainable agriculture -- instead of just spending money to regulate pesticide usage -- we could aid California farmers, improve the public health and ...
Actions identified as necessary to reach the target are registration of sales and use of pesticides, and control of sales and use of pesticides. Both of these have been addressed by Directive 91/414/EEC, which concerns the authorisation, placing on the market and use of pesticides in the EU. ...