If pesticides were banned what changes would plant growers have to make to work withtout them?

Question

If pesticides were banned what changes would plant growers have to make to work withtout them?

Answer 1

Massive changes - Insect traps/attractants - the culture would have to become far more hands on - and the quantity and quality of the food would diminish!  The cost would go up!

Answer 2

Pesticides come and go as they always have. Supply and demand is now speaking out for organic clean foods. Organic methods replacing chemical pesticides are more labor intensive but require a somewhat lower expenditure on materials and equipment. Statistically, 90% of pesticides are used just for the couple of percent of the "little brown spots on the apples" so to speak, so all that expense is unjustified. I'll eat an apple with a couple of brown spots before I will eat the perfect chemical apple. By apple I mean all produce, not just apples. I guess WHEN we get rid of all the chemical pesticides we will just have to hire more of our young folks just starting out in the world to anti up and pay their workmans dues to the system. Be aware though that if one replaces chemicals with cheap and illegal foriegn labor, you will be held accountable.

Answer 3

They would have to plant more acreage, expend more fertilizer, burn more diesel fuel, pump more water out of the ground and in general pollute more air and water to produce the same amount of product as before.

The quality of the product will be lower  and the amount of insect contaminant (droppings and body parts) would be more.

This ignores the extra work involved, and the possibility of total crop loss to pests.

Some growers would just have to quit growing and  find another job or purpose for their land.

Answer 4

There would be significant modification to current agricultural systems.  Many crops would be grown on significantly reduced acreage.  Other crops would be expanded to cover these marginal lands.  Finally the increased labor demands required for weed and insect control would result in greatly increased food costs to the public at large.  There could easily be significant food shortages, especially in specialized markets (spices, etc) across North America and Europe within a year as agriculture adapts the the changes.  There already are food shortages in the developing countries.

If the systems banned chemical fertilizers (these are not pesticides), the impact would be even greater

Answer 5

Depend on natural resources ,ban on chemical pesticides.

The human race will learn to live with restraint and the nature,    exercising least disturbance to the Eco-system

Answer 6

they'd use a natural pesticide. like ladybugs and natural predators. may be more on the spending side, but to label something as organic makes it more valuable than conventional