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Relative to the cost of chemical pesticides and fertilizers, they are quite expensive. Since natural ones are less effective in varying degrees, the final yield of the crop drops off to some percentage less than it would have been. When you take the loss of income and add it to the higher cost per acre of the natural product, it becomes quite costly to the farmer. If s/he can make up the difference through passing on the cost to the consumer, then the equation still works. Industrial agriculture farmers don't have that ability, however, and so cannot usually afford to use the natural product.
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How can farm chemicals poulute water?
Fertilizers and pesticides can get into natural waters.
Which plants had the most requirements for fertilizers and pesticides native or non native?
native plants had most requirements of fertilizers and pesticides.
Why is organic farming so popular?
People have become aware of their benefits, they contain no chemical, pesticides and fertilizers and are grown naturally with manure or compost and only natural pesticides and insecticides are used.
How might pesticides and fertilizers on land become a problem in an ocean ecosystem?
how might pesticides and fertilizers on land become a problem in an ocean ecosystem
How fertilizers and pesticides cause soil pollution?
as the fertilizers and pesticides are made from chemical substances that is why when we put fertilizers instead of cow dung etc the soil become dry and pollute. shaghaf ghufran qureshi
Organic foods are produced without manufactured fertilisers pesticides or weed killers true or false?
Organic foods are produced without manufactured fertilizers. pesticides or weed killers only if they are considered natural.
What element is used in both fertilizers and pesticides?
Whale Sperm
How is chemistry used in farming?
Fertilizers and pesticides are chemical products.
How is organic food more natural?
Organic food is more natural because it is grown without synthetic fertilizers and pesticides and is not GMO. If it is processed, it does not contain additives and preservatives that may be harmful to health.
How do you make an investigatory project on fertilizers and pesticides?
you can investigate which natural materials, eg used tea leaves, fruit peels.. makes an excellent plant fertilizer
Are there radioactive elements in pesticides and fertilizers?
No, for all practical purposes. Radioactive materials are not put in pesticides and fertilizers. To be very precise, there are radioactive isotopes all around us, and some of these are in pesticides and fertilizers. 0.012% of all potassium is radioactive, and some is bound to be there. But it is also everywhere else, it is needed for life, and it is not something to worry about.
What is the same between fertilizers and pesticides?
Fertilizers contain nutrients which help plants grow better (faster, bigger, healthier and in more abundance) Pesticides eliminate pests (bugs and fungi) that could inhibit plant grown by either killing the pests or keeping them away from the plants. Some pesticides and fertilizers are chemical.. some are organic.
