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The careful balance of mass production and use of sustainable practices need to be better understood and promoted to feed the ever expanding population. Biopesticides have made some impact during last few decades but there is still a lot that can be done to promote the adoption of the environmentally friendly and yield enhancing crop inputs. Main strategies should involve biopesticides with low/no residue brand, supportive legislation as an incentive to research ...
Drivers behind food security and crop protection issues vis-avis the food losses caused by pests include rapid human population increase, climate change, loss of beneficial on farm biodiversity reduction in per capita cropped land, water shortages and pesticide withdrawals. Integrated pest management, therefore becomes a compulsory strategy in agriculture, which offers a toolbox of complementary crop and region specific crop protection solutions to address these ...