But small - scale farmers also benefit with improved seeds that
require less pesticide and water.
Hybrid seed yield more and
require less pesticides (because they carry robust traits for resistance to pests and disease) as compared to open - pollinated seed.
Not exact matches
Apart from avoiding
pesticides which enter the ground and water supply at the farm, there is also
less petrochemicals
required to produce organically grown fabric.
It would also mean that
less pesticides are
required that are dangerous to other species.
It's worth noting that fluoride in water, toothpaste,
pesticides, Teflon, etc. absolutely nukes vitamin A levels in the skin, driving up your requirements for A. It's possible that in a much lower - toxin world, we would
require much
less vitamin A that we seem to in order to avoid acne.
Frontline and advantage are useful products, and there are other natural alternatives as well, for those clients who prefer
less pesticides, however these other methods sometimes do nt work as well and do
require more persistance than the monthly drops.
Cynthia Ringgold, however, notes that the development has imported a special hybrid grass from the U.S., called Paspalum, which
requires 50 %
less fertilizers,
pesticides and irrigation.
And of course regenerative agriculture conserves soils better, and
requires less industrial
pesticides, so has plenty of benefits.
Energy crops produce energy efficiently,
requiring only modest amounts of fertilizer and
pesticide, and
less fertile soil than is needed for other types of agriculture.
Growing more food on
less land with fewer environmental impacts will
require better seeds, fertilizers,
pesticides, and things such as vertical greenhouses and laboratory meat that make us
less dependent on land and water to grow food.
They
require less fertilizer, prevent soil erosion,
require fewer or zero
pesticides, the list goes on.