Author(s)

Connor Toman

Affiliation(s)

Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada.

Corresponding Author

Connor Toman

ABSTRACT

This article analyzes the causes and categories of environmental costs of chemical prevention and control technologies for crop pests and diseases, and points out that soil pollution, water pollution, fishery losses, pest resistance, natural enemy populations and biodiversity losses, bee product losses, and bee pollination losses are the main environmental Cost category. A preliminary analysis was made of the economic impact of each category of environmental costs, and it was initially calculated that the environmental costs incurred by my country's use of pesticides to prevent and control crop diseases and insect pests are at least 39.4 to 118.7 yuan/kg.

KEYWORDS

Crop diseases and insect pests; Prevention and control technologies; Environmental costs; Biodiversity; Pesticide pollution

CITE THIS PAPER

Connor Toman. Environmental Cost Analysis of Chemical Prevention and Control Technologies of Crop Diseases and Pests. World Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences. 2024, 2(1): 1-5. DOI: 10.61784/wjafs240138.

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