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Environment: how to use fewer pesticides in the fields?
Some farmers are using multiple techniques to do without chemicals on their farms as much as possible. Examples.
(France 2)
Some farmers are using multiple techniques to do without chemicals on their farms as much as possible. Examples.
Some professionals have embarked on the search for alternatives to reduce the use of pesticides and fertilizers and limit environmental and health risks. Among the peach trees in bloom, Juan Carlos Asencio, an arborist, removes weeds at the foot of the trees. He uses a mechanical weeder. “In the season, we manage to do this between six and eight passes”he said, either “two to three more time” than for chemical weeding.
AI for agriculture
He multiplies efforts and solutions, such as shelters for animals that eat insects or natural products against parasites. Despite all these techniques, he only reduced his pesticides by 30%. According to him, it is difficult to do without it completely and he regrets having “little support in these subjects”. New technologies are also emerging. In Haute-Garonne, fertilizers have been reduced on a farm thanks to artificial intelligence, which analyzes satellite images.
