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Reducing pesticide use

Description

The use and potency of pesticides is far greater today than it was in the 1940's. The adverse effects of pesticides, in terms of human health problems and general environmental damage, is a cost only now being recognised. Many strategies are being developed to reduce the use of pesticides, primarily integrated pest management in agriculture, new biological control mechanisms in agriculture and the development of transgenic crops, host plant resistance to insect pests, disease resistance in plants, durable resistance and what are now called cultural control methods.

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Reference

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Development Goal #14: Life Below WaterSustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(G) Very specific strategies
Subject
Content quality
Presentable
 Presentable
Language
English
1A4N
J6804
DOCID
12068040
D7NID
220503
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Jul 30, 2021