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What three actions farmers could take to reduce the effect of pesticides on the environment?
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∙ 6y ago
They do it by spreading fertilizer, watering their crops, animal manure, soil nutrients,and by practicing crop rotation.
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∙ 13y ago
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What is an effect of farm subsidies that pay farmers to take land out of cultivation?
Farmers use more pesticides on lands they do cultivate to make up for lost production.
How do people's actions effect the environment?
geographers study how people use the environment and how their actions affect the environment the knowledge of people and geography help them understand how and why what they do affects the environment
What effect do pesticides have on photosynthesis and respiration?
Pesticides have adverse effect on photosynthesis and respiration on host pants.
How does soil effect Eagles?
Farmers Spray Pesticides on there Plants; As it Rains It Washes into the Soil; Eagles Eat the Worms Out Of the soil And Get Poisoned; If the Food is for There Young, This could be Fatal!
Which question can be answered by science?
how much pesticide is safe to use on plants what is the effect of pesticides on the environment how much energy does it take to make a paper bag
What are some disadvantages of botanical pesticides?
The most complex structure of natural product compounds, easily synthesized or synthetic high cost; active ingredients decompose, preparations are complicated and difficult to standardize; most of the efficacy of botanical pesticides are slow, leading some farmers to believe that the use of pesticides has no effect; spraying more often, residual limitation period is short, not easy for farmers to accept; plant collection is seasonal, etc.
How does pollution by agricultural practices affect the environment?
Excesive use of pesticides effect not only bugs,termites,man but has also severe concern on ozone depletion.
The discipline of chemistry has made agricultural chemicals such as fertilizer and pesticides available to society. Which is a negative effect of these chemicals on society?
Uncontrolled use can cause environment contamination.
What is bad effect of spraying pesticides on crops with the use of airplanes?
One bad effect of spraying pesticides with planes is the potential for harming animals that may be in the area. Pesticides can drift, causing imbalances of nutrients in streams.
What is a bad effect of spraying pesticides on crops with the use of airplanes?
One bad effect of spraying pesticides with planes is the potential for harming animals that may be in the area. Pesticides can drift, causing imbalances of nutrients in streams.
What is a possible harmful effect of using pesticides?
Pesticides remain on fruits and are passed on to anyone who eats the fruits.
What is the effect of pesticides on the fruit?
Normally they don't cause any effect on the growth of fruit but excessive use of pesticides may result in health complications in humans.
