strategy
Studying use of chemicals to control pests
Synonyms:
Researching application of chemicals to control pests Claim:
Pest management is the domain of entomologists, ecologists, biologists, agriculturalists, toxologists and chemists. The subject is highly complex and a multidisciplinary approach seems necessary. Unfortunately, however, there has been a tendency for each specialist to only consider his/her own discipline, thereby ignoring the numerous interactions between the dynamics of pest populations, the environment, crops, etc. It is therefore important that agricultural pest management is always viewed in its ecological context and that the whole farming system is studied before it is manipulated with external pest control measures, particularly toxic chemicals. The usual approach to pest management is pest-oriented rather than crop-oriented. However, since crops are more important than pests, it is suggested that the subject should be approached through experimental variation of crop management rather than of pest control possibilities, and emphasis on data on cropping systems characteristics rather than on pest populations. Constrained by:
Using illegal fungicides Facilitates:
Applying pesticidesProviding pest controlCounteracting pesticide resistanceTreating illness due to pesticidesUndermining misuse of insecticidesUsing synthetic pesticides with careCampaigning against the use of pesticidesImproving wood preservatives to protect the environment Facilitated by:
Providing training on integrated pest management techniques Problems:
Overuse of chemicals to control pestsReferences:
Beets, Willem C: Africa Seminar on the Use and Handling of Agricultural and Other Pest Control Chemicals Subjects:
Fundamental Sciences → ChemicalsAction → Application
Societal Problems → Pests
Research, Standards → Study
Research, Standards → Research
Cybernetics → Control
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
