USE OF CHEMICAL CONTROL IN AGRICULTURE

Abstract

Agriculture is important in the food production sector, and in order to meet all the population's demand for food, the agricultural sector has modernized, using means that make it possible to increase crop productivity, and to avoid increasing food insecurity. In order to guarantee crop production, crop management must be carried out correctly, and the control of pests, diseases and weeds that affect crops, for this, one of the methods used today, is chemical control. With the use of chemical control, it enabled agriculture to reach large productions with the benefits provided by its use to control pests, diseases and weeds, however it brought with it some problems in its use, be it in the social, environmental and in the agricultural sector. Due to the problems caused by the large use of agrochemicals and the search for sustainable rural development, other alternative methods, are adopted in agriculture, such as biological and cultural control, which brought many benefits, one of which is the reduction in the use of chemical control. In agriculture, reducing costs and helping to maintain the sustainability of the entire agricultural production sector. By using these alternative methods, agriculture has become more sustainable, and with sustainability in mind, less use of agrochemicals, makes it possible to improve social, environmental and agricultural aspects, providing more sustainable control of pests, diseases and weeds, favoring high productivity in agriculture.