Much like people monitor their own health, farmers pay close attention to the health of their crops to know when to step in and help. While people measure their blood pressure, monitor their exposure to harmful germs and bacteria, and take medicine when they’re ill, farmers regularly observe their crops for signs of stress, and take prior protective action against possible damages.
Much like people monitor their own health, farmers pay close attention to the health of their crops to know when to step in and help. While people measure their blood pressure, monitor their exposure to harmful germs and bacteria, and take medicine when they’re ill, farmers regularly observe their crops for signs of stress, and take prior protective action against possible damages.
Crop protection plays an important role in agricultural production. Every year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as much as 40 percent of the world’s potential harvests are lost to damaging insects, weeds, and plant diseases. And, according to the information of the Ministry of the Environment, Brazil, and the research data in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and India, the economic loss to crops, meadows and forests worldwide due to damaging pests, reach as high as $250 billion each year.
Crop protection has come a long way since Egyptian farmers first used the scarecrow, some 5,000 years ago. And growers are always looking to learn how to be more effective, more precise, and more efficient, which is not easy.
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