Crop Protection and Pest Control
“Plant protection” may be defined as all measures taken to protect cultivated plants against diseases, pests as well as competing weed and grasses.
We – the staff of Kwizda Agro – always endeavour to support farmers with innovative andenvironment-friendly products to enable them to protect their cultivated plants against pests,diseases and weed and to produce on a more sustainable basis. Besides the best productsolutions, we also offer them know-how and advice.
Agriculture faces tremendous challenges as the world population will grow from 6.7 billion people today to 8.3 billion in 2030. Usable agricultural areas will, however, hardly expand. In addition to food, animal feeding stuffs, renewable resources and energy crops have to beplanted on these areas. Plant protection products guarantee that these scarce resources areused optimally. They are therefore indispensable for ecological, economic and socialsustainability in agriculture. Modern farmers rely on “integrated plant protection,” keeping agricultural crops safe from pests, diseases and weed in an eco-friendly way and withoutdetrimental effects on health.
Chemical plant protection products form part of a modern, sustainably managed agriculture. They help to ensure the high yield that today has become possible thanks to efficient varieties, good supply of the plants with nutrients and innovative agricultural engineering. Without plant protection products, cultivated plants are defenceless against pests and diseases. Fungi, animal pests and weed competing for nutrients, water and light endanger agricultural production, diminish the yield and impair quality. The result: The supply with and range of plant-based foodstuffs is reduced. The consequence: Prices go up and the supply with foodstuffs is threatened. If the use of plant protection products is reduced by 75%, the production of fruit and vegetables drops by more than 30%, the production of grain by 40% and that of oil seeds even by more than 50%. (Michael
We – the staff of Kwizda Agro – always endeavour to support farmers with innovative andenvironment-friendly products to enable them to protect their cultivated plants against pests,diseases and weed and to produce on a more sustainable basis. Besides the best productsolutions, we also offer them know-how and advice.
Agriculture faces tremendous challenges as the world population will grow from 6.7 billion people today to 8.3 billion in 2030. Usable agricultural areas will, however, hardly expand. In addition to food, animal feeding stuffs, renewable resources and energy crops have to beplanted on these areas. Plant protection products guarantee that these scarce resources areused optimally. They are therefore indispensable for ecological, economic and socialsustainability in agriculture. Modern farmers rely on “integrated plant protection,” keeping agricultural crops safe from pests, diseases and weed in an eco-friendly way and withoutdetrimental effects on health.
Chemical plant protection products form part of a modern, sustainably managed agriculture. They help to ensure the high yield that today has become possible thanks to efficient varieties, good supply of the plants with nutrients and innovative agricultural engineering. Without plant protection products, cultivated plants are defenceless against pests and diseases. Fungi, animal pests and weed competing for nutrients, water and light endanger agricultural production, diminish the yield and impair quality. The result: The supply with and range of plant-based foodstuffs is reduced. The consequence: Prices go up and the supply with foodstuffs is threatened. If the use of plant protection products is reduced by 75%, the production of fruit and vegetables drops by more than 30%, the production of grain by 40% and that of oil seeds even by more than 50%. (Michael