What are the benefits to using pesticides?

Answer 1

there arent any especially in the long run

pesticides and herbicides are wrong all the time as well as fertilizers

there are no exceptions
they contaminate ground waters ,raise the PH and affect human childbirth very negatively.
And desertification is usually the final product when the soil has been killed by agro chemicals and heavy equipment

Alternative Farming Methods ,that are sustainable and autosufficient ,using proved organic methods are the answer

there are hundreds of ways to get rid of pests either by design (diversity)or organic methods of pest control

herbicides are rediculous
just a mulch cover gets rid of weeds and produces compost this also makes fertilizers obsolete

MULCH
what you do is to cover the ground with mulch which is the same principal as compost but it includes the whole garden surface
the top part of the soil where the topsoil is being produced houses a world or microbiotic life.

Mulch is organic material green or dry that covers the ground,the thicker the better the composting process will turn it in to black topsoil

the humidity is preserved underneath and promotes the devellopment of worms,who airate the soil (their exists no better compost than their excrements)and a variety of micro biotic life which together with the mulch produce more topsoil.

the mulch also keeps the ground temperature even and guards against the impact of the rain ,which would other wise brings salt to the surfave if on unprotected land

Mulch also prevents the soil from drying out because of the sun and, lay it open to wind erosian.

and it turn out the lights for any weeds that want to come up

do not use chemicals because the water will wash them into the ground and if enough people did that, you would be guilty of helping to contaminate subteranean water suplies that other people could be pumping up to drink,

ALTERNATIVE FARMING
read up on Organic Farming and Permaculture
A lot of hardcore Intelligent farmers are changing for sustainable farming
instead of the quick 3 to 5 years of intense monocultures that kill the ground and then live with the consequences

NOTE ON ORGANIC PEST CONTROL

Just a few examples of organic pest control and there are thousands

In Mexico we got a sort of small lizard that lives on the wall ,and sit near the lamps ,and eat mosquitos all night,

in the mango orchards we release laboratory bred wasps to attack and kill the caterpillars that go for the mangos

there are small chickens, called a silky or bantom or chaparito which are all small chickens that do not scratch ,but run after ,jumping and walking insects,they take care of about 70 percent of all garden pests.

feasants,guinyfowel,partridge will do the same work
iguanas kill grashoppers and all kinds of flying insects

birds we also dont kill
when the passion fruit is ripe ,a little black caterpiller comes and wants to destroy them,luckely a little finch type bird turns up and eats the black caterpillars.

In Mexico we have let mazacoas,which are, python type snakes in to the garden to take care of the rats.
In Africa we released mole snakes into the garden and field to combat the plagues of Norwegian rats that were destroying the fields

ant eaters and armadillos take care of leafcutting ants that can destroy a large tree in a week.and eat beatles and such

potbelly pigs and deer and normal pigs are good in an orchard because they eat fallen rotting fruit which breeds a lot of small flies.

in our water reservoirs we put fish to eat the mosquito larvas.

i have bred tree frogs from eggs and released them in the garden to eat mosquitos and horse flies.

Source(s):

Permaculture is a world recognised earth friendly movement but tends to include people that practice the concept and is active in all fields

Permaculture means permanent agriculture
a concept put forward by Bill Mollisson in the 60`s

the Permaculture designers manual by Bill Mollison,which cost about 40 dollars.
and is the best all round book you can get.(tagiari publishing, [e-mail])
some other writers that are on the internet are
david Holmgren
Larry Santoyo
Kirk Hanson

Masanobu Fukuaka has written ,
One-Straw Revolution
The Road Back to Nature
The Natural Way of Farming
http://www.context.org/iclib/ic14/fukuok...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/masanobu_fu...

Simon Henderson
and Bill Molisson.

a representitive of the concept in USA is
Dan Hemenway at [e-mail]
[e-mail]
http://barkingfrogspc.tripod.com/frames....
http://csf.colorado.edu/perma/ypc_catalo...

Answer 2

1) No more pests.
2) Farmers can harvest and sell more of their crop -- in other words, it makes the use of inputs such as water, machinery, seed, fertilizer, labor more efficient.
3) It is generally quicker and easier than more complex organic methods.
4) In some cases it allows production of some crops that wouldn't be possible without pesticides.
5) Large scale farming is very difficult and many valuable resources are lost to weeds when herbicides, a type of pesticide, are not used.

Answer 3

For many years, we have enjoyed the benefits of using pesticides to control weed, insect, fungus, parasitic, and rodent pests. Recently, both the public and the press have increasingly focused on the negative impacts of agricultural, urban industrial, and residential chemicals. However, there are also substantial benefits to society, including:

Pesticides are the only effective means of controlling disease organisms, weeds, or insect pests in many circumstances.
Consumers receive direct benefits from pesticides through wider selections and lower prices for food and clothing.
Pesticides protect private, public, and commercial dwellings from structural damage associated with termite infestations.
Pesticides contribute to enhanced human health by preventing disease outbreaks through the control of rodent and insect populations.
Pesticides are used to sanitize our drinking and recreational water.
Pesticides are used to disinfect indoor areas (e.g., kitchens, operating rooms, nursing homes) as well as dental and surgical instruments.
The pesticide industry also provides benefits to society. For instance, local communities and state governments may be partially dependent upon the jobs and tax base that pesticide manufacturers, distributors, dealers, commercial applicators, and farmers provide.

Answer 4

Pesticides kill pests.

We use them to ensure that our crops, flowers, and misc. plants aren't chewed up by pests. When pests chew on plants, they increase the rotten process on a single spot of the plant or even the whole plant itself.
So farmers use pesticides to make sure that they can save as many crops as possible to sell. Florists use them to ensure the longevity of their flowers.
That's really their only benefit and reason for existence.

Answer 5

The best use of pesticides are for public heath........


Control of diseases of major public health importance such as Lyme disease, dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever, West Nile virus, yellow fever, arboviral encephalitis, plague, and tularemia. In addition, expertise is maintained for other vector-borne infectious diseases that occur only sporadically or in periodic epidemics.




Malaria


Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite. People with malaria often experience fever, chills, and flu-like illness. Left untreated, they may develop severe complications and die. Each year 350-500 million cases of malaria occur worldwide, and over one million people die, most of them young children in sub-Saharan Africa.

Answer 6

It kills off the bad insects but the problem is it also kills the off the good insects. So you have to spray at the optimal time when the insects you dont want wont come back soon enough to harm your crop. The insects you dont want tend to reproduce and come back faster than the insects you do want.

Answer 7

Elimination of pests (insects and rodents, mostly).
Crop yields are higher.
There is less contamination of food stores, making pest borne disease less common.


The problem is that those poisons can get to creatures other than the target.

Answer 8

insecticides are poisonous to human beings and animals and a few bugs easily advance resistance to them. strategies incorporate genetically changed vegetation that produce their own protection against bugs (which includes a protein). Spraying the vegetation is now not necessary.

Answer 9

1. Increased crop yields
2. Less damage to houses
3. Fewer insect-borne diseases

Answer 10

It kills pests. But it may kill those who are not pests even.***