Can we feed our population without synthetic pesticides?

Pesticides have a bad rep, but they have been instrumental in feeding growing populations through history. However, an increasing numbers of critics and farmers say they have brought about a new, and bigger challenge – poor health and the decimation of biodiversity. Is it realistic, then, to get rid of them and still feed everybody on the planet?

We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What can we do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

Author: Aditi Rajagopal
Camera and Video Editor: Henning Goll
Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer, Joanna Gottschalk

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Read More:

Feeding the world, protecting the planet: http://www.fao.org/3/ca0130en/CA0130E...

Pesticides and health: https://www.consumerreports.org/pesti...

The Green Revolution: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe...