Peasant farmers are effected by pest and diseases like most other farmers. The real negative to the pest invasions and diseases is that peasant farmers do not have the resources to manage the cost of the pest and disease. Also, the profits are affected, resulting in worse conditions compared to other farmers who experience the same conditions.
how is pest and disease a problem to farmers
Farmers used various methods to kill insects that threatened their plants, including chemical pesticides, biological control agents like ladybugs or parasitic wasps, and mechanical methods like hand-picking or trapping insects. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) combines these approaches to minimize the use of chemicals and maintain a balance between pests and their natural predators.
Moreover, concern was on the rise over the presence of chemicals in foods, forcing farmers to rethink their pest- and quality-control practices.
The cockroach is one insect that is a pest.
Frogs are good sources of pest control.
Snails can be used for pest control in agriculture by introducing predatory snail species that feed on harmful pests like slugs and insects. These predatory snails can help reduce pest populations naturally, without the need for chemical pesticides. Additionally, snails can be used as indicators of pest presence, allowing farmers to take proactive measures to protect their crops.
Crop science help farmers to get better crop returns by adopting suitable agronomic practices designed for each crop. It also helps to overcome the menace of several crop diseases caused by insects, pest and soil deficiencies.
an insecticide is anything that kills insects. if said insect is a crop damaging pest then killing it will help the farmer gain a better crop
It uses beneficial organisms such as predatory or parasitic insects, herbivorous insects or pathogen to help control the actions of pest organisms.
you should research it instead of ask it( im going to guess you copy'd this from your home work :))
Well they try and kill the pest insects that damage their crops but unfortunately the insecticide sprays they use actually kill all insects which, while perhaps OK for the farmer is very bad for the ecology and biodiversity of the planet.....also we end up eating some of these chemicals and as they are poisons it can not really be good for us.