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Home 🌿 Cannabis Technology News 🌿 The future of agricultural pest control is biopesticides 🌿The future of agricultural pest control is biopesticides
The name “pest,” which at times means “nuisance” or “annoying,” doesn’t do the best job at portraying the devastating nature of the insects who attack crops and agriculture around the world. Some estimates provided by academia show us that insects can destroy up to 10 percent of crops in developed nations; in nations that are still developing, pests can take up to 25 percent of the food being grown. Reports out of Ghana indicate that pests and diseases claim up to 30 percent of that country’s crops.
In America, this year has seen a number of troubling insect infestations which have led to major issues in agriculture. An Oriental fruit fly infestation in Florida has led to quarantinesaffecting up to 500,000 pounds of mamey and 20 million pounds of dragon fruit that would otherwise be harvested. Over in Arkansas, local agriculture experts have issued an alert for unusually levels of earworms, stink bugs and...
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