Advantage Of Synthetic Pesticides

Synthetic pesticide is an advantageous product that has provided a solution for low crop yield mainly by eliminating unnecessary factors like insects and weeds. In 1930s, after the World War II, synthetic pesticide was first introduced in United States to increase the crop yield beyond the pre-World War level because the Second World War influenced worlds’ agriculture with huge decrease in crop yield (Douglas Futuyma, 2005). In 1950s, pesticides application, specifically insecticides, resulted successfully as the amount of crop yield exceeded the pre-World War level (Susan Aldbridge, 1998). Commonly recognized type of pesticide is insecticide but more than 10 different pesticides are being produced to be effective against specific pests. Some examples are followings: antimicrobials, which is to control germs and microbes, fungicides that is to control fungal problems such as molds and rust, and herbicides for inhibiting the growth of unwanted plants that are weeds (US Environmental Protection Agency, 2015). Since applying pesticides to crops is one of the most commonly used methods to control those not needed pests, farmers depend heavily on pesticides.

Likewise, usage of pesticides has benefits towards our society. With economic aspect, pesticide production is about $50 billion dollar business. Not only its price in business but also about 40% of them are exported to other countries, which means production of pesticides brings economic profits to the exporting country. In