One way that farms can handle shortages of protective gear for workers is by switching to less-toxic pest control methods.
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Eating locusts is an old strategy used to get food after locusts devastated crops, but things have changed.
When the current crisis passes, we must seize the opportunity to re-imagine, and to create, a different kind of future.
This transformation provides lessons for the rest of world, for shifting away from chemical agriculture towards a healthier system for people and the planet.
Currently, outbreaks are managed using chemical pesticides or an insect fungus. Neither is a good option.
Bees aren’t the only species that has a queen.
Insects are essential to the functioning of land and freshwater ecosystems but species populations are being lost at a rapid rate globally.
Climate change, globalization and concerns about rat poison soon could drive rat infestations to levels not seen in centuries. One way to curb them is getting humans to stop wasting food.
The sustainability of African agriculture is critical to the continent’s food security and for maintaining agriculture’s contribution to Africa’s rural communities and national economies
Starting Feb. 6, 2020, California farmers will be barred from using chlorpyrifos on their crops. The Trump administration says more study is needed, but other states are also moving ahead.
Countries should promote alternatives to pesticides and more carefully examine how to prevent insect invasions in the first place
Regulators are still licensing insecticides without properly assessing whether they harm the wildlife on which we rely.
Certain wasps and flies which lay their eggs in specific species such as aphids could be a sustainable form of pest control.
Pesticides have become almost essential for agriculture, but their misuse can have negative effects on crops too.
It’s unlikely that all species of bees will go extinct anytime soon – but current losses could still have a terrible impact on food supplies and ecosystems.
Because of the way scientific studies are conducted, it’s been hard to health benefits from eating organic food. A new study suggests, however, that there are ways to find out.
The rice-eating fall armyworm has spread across Asia in a year and is now found in half the provinces of China.
Weeds are serious problems on sports fields, parks and other sites covered with turfgrass. A new strategy uses mechanical force to kill them instead of chemical herbicides.
Most studies on the use of pesticides are funded by those that produce the chemicals but only independent research can inform us about the best agricultural practices.
Amid the insect extinction crisis, some species are actually increasing. Here’s why that’s not necessarily a good thing.
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Professor of Biology (Evolution, Behaviour and Environment), University of Sussex
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Emeritus Professor of Biology, University of Bath
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Professor/Professeure titulaire, Eau Terre Environnement Research Centre, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
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Professor of Entomology and Extension Specialist, Penn State
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Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
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Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University
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Ph.D. Student in the School of Plant and Environmental Science, Virginia Tech
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Associate professor, University of Nebraska – Kearney
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Professor; Dean, Melbourne School of Land and Environment, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Course co-ordinator (Food as Medicine, Wellness Practices and Perspectives), RMIT University
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Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
