Misuse of agricultural chemicals

Modern agriculture is almost entirely reliant on agricultural chemicals for its levels of productivity. Short-term gains can often be made by over-application or misuse of these chemicals, causing potential long-term damage to the immediate land and neighbouring ecosystems.

Agrochemicals are chemical substances used in agricultural production including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, and plant growth regulators; it also includes chemical fertilizers.

1. Unethical practices in agriculture
2. Misuse of chemicals
3. Exploitative agribusiness
4. Abuse of agricultural techniques

1. Untested use of hormones
2. Toxic sheep dips
3. Excessive reliance on mineral fertilizers
4. Chemical trespass

1. Unsustainable short-term improvements in agricultural productivity
2. Underutilization of biocontrol
3. Toxic household insecticides
4. Loss of biodiversity in rural areas
5. Loss of beneficial plants and animals
6. Health risks to workers in agricultural and livestock production
7. Environmental plant diseases
8. Environmental hazards of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices production
9. Effluent runoff from agricultural land use
10. Chemical pollutants of the environment
11. Agricultural pollution
12. Accessibility of toxic materials

1. Inappropriate agricultural subsidies for chemicalized farming
2. Excessive land usage
3. Crop pests and diseases

1. Using agro-ecosystems in conservation management
2. Taxing use of toxic products
3. Reducing use of toxic products in farming
4. Reducing soil pollution
5. Developing agriculture

1. Unused
2. Underuse
3. Toxicity
4. Poisonous
5. Excess
6. Abuse