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What if using them on crops saved more lives, especially right now, by avoiding starvation scenarios in prone areas, farmers from going bankrupt (and upping ris
by ZeroFries 7y ago
What if using them on crops saved more lives, especially right now, by avoiding starvation scenarios in prone areas, farmers from going bankrupt (and upping risk of suicide), etc. It's not a simple problem, you have to do the cost-benefit analysis.
- neodypsis 7y agoIn the short-term, my opinion is we should look for growing different crops, more resistant to fungi or bacteria naturally. In the long-term, we should look into how to destroy these pathogens without putting at risk the limited cures we already have. It is easier to test new, different, fungicides on crops than on humans.