Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site
Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site
Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site
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This vicious cycle caused by the use of chemical pesticide not only<br />
makes the pest problem worse but also creates health hazards. The<br />
farmers who use the chemical pesticide (poison) are affected first,<br />
and those who eat the poisoned products are affected<br />
consequently.<br />
Diseases<br />
Diseases follow more or less the same pattern. Diseases will never<br />
be controlled by chemical pesticides (fungicide, etc.) Use of<br />
agricultural chemicals to control diseases causes the same vicious<br />
cycle <strong>in</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g ways:<br />
1. Specific micro-organisms (the disease germs), which cause<br />
plant disease, are very flexible <strong>in</strong> chang<strong>in</strong>g their character to<br />
adjust to the change of circumstance. They can easily grow<br />
resistant to the pesticide.<br />
There are also certa<strong>in</strong> micro-organisms terms as “Nematodes”<br />
which suck the sap from the root zones and cause deleterious effect<br />
on the crop yield.