Can agriculture manage without pesticides?
Organic farming is still often considered a First World whim. More and more experts are convinced it would be possible to feed the planet using farming that is smaller scale, diversified and that forgoes the use of chemicals. swissinfo.ch discussed the issue with Pascal Olivier from Bio Suisse, the federation of Swiss organic farmers, and Claude Peguiron, a farmer from canton Vaud who has recently converted to organic.
This content was published on December 5, 2016
- Deutsch Kommt die Landwirtschaft wirklich ohne Pestizide aus?
- Español ¿La agricultura puede realmente prescindir de los pesticidas?
- Português A agricultura pode se livrar dos pesticidas?
- 中文 “戒掉”农药，农业撑得住吗？
- Français L’agriculture peut-elle vraiment se passer de pesticides? (original)
- عربي هل يُمكن للزراعة أن تستغني فعلا عن المبيدات الكيماوية؟
- Pусский Фермерство без химии — реальность или утопия?
- 日本語 無農薬農法は可能か？
- Italiano L'agricoltura può davvero fare a meno dei pesticidi?
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