Reducing pesticide use while preserving crop productivity and profitability on arable farms
| العنوان: | Reducing pesticide use while preserving crop productivity and profitability on arable farms |
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| المؤلفون: | Nicolas Munier-Jolain, David Makowski, Fabrice Dessaint, Guillaume Py, Martin Lechenet |
| المساهمون: | Agroécologie [Dijon], Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, Agrosolutions, Agronomie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ) -Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté ( UBFC ), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ) -AgroParisTech, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), AgroParisTech-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) |
| المصدر: | Nature Plants Nature Plants, Nature Publishing Group, 2017, 3 (3), 6 p. ⟨10.1038/nplants.2017.8⟩ Nature Plants, Nature Publishing Group, 2017, 3 (3), 6 p. 〈10.1038/nplants.2017.8 http〉 Nature Plants, Nature Publishing Group, 2017, 3 (3), 6 p. ⟨10.1038/nplants.2017.8 http⟩ |
| بيانات النشر: | HAL CCSD, 2017. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Crops, Agricultural, Farms, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Balance of trade, Plant Science, 010501 environmental sciences, 01 natural sciences, Agricultural science, Production (economics), Pesticides, Productivity, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, 2. Zero hunger, [ SDV ] Life Sciences [q-bio], Agroforestry, business.industry, 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences, World population, 15. Life on land, Pesticide, Crop Production, 13. Climate action, Agriculture, 040103 agronomy & agriculture, 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, Profitability index, France, Arable land, business |
| الوصف: | Achieving sustainable crop production while feeding an increasing world population is one of the most ambitious challenges of this century1. Meeting this challenge will necessarily imply a drastic reduction of adverse environmental effects arising from agricultural activities2. The reduction of pesticide use is one of the critical drivers to preserve the environment and human health. Pesticide use could be reduced through the adoption of new production strategies3–5; however, whether substantial reductions of pesticide use are possible without impacting crop productivity and profitability is debatable6–17. Here, we demonstrated that low pesticide use rarely decreases productivity and profitability in arable farms. We analysed the potential conflicts between pesticide use and productivity or profitability with data from 946 non-organic arable commercial farms showing contrasting levels of pesticide use and covering a wide range of production situations in France. We failed to detect any conflict between low pesticide use and both high productivity and high profitability in 77% of the farms. We estimated that total pesticide use could be reduced by 42% without any negative effects on both productivity and profitability in 59% of farms from our national network. This corresponded to an average reduction of 37, 47 and 60% of herbicide, fungicide and insecticide use, respectively. The potential for reducing pesticide use appeared higher in farms with currently high pesticide use than in farms with low pesticide use. Our results demonstrate that pesticide reduction is already accessible to farmers in most production situations. This would imply profound changes in market organization and trade balance. Pesticide is a threat to the environment and human health. Whether reducing pesticide would necessarily undermine crop productivity remains elusive. Analyses of data from 946 farms in France show that reducing pesticide rarely decreases productivity. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2055-026X 2055-0278 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::c4a00a78d912dc1a4cf2fda2c76ef750 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01608601 |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....c4a00a78d912dc1a4cf2fda2c76ef750 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 2055026X 20550278 |
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