Christophe wrote:
"France consumes 10 times more pesticides per hectare than the USA !!"
It is not so surprising, US agriculture is mostly very extensive, with ridiculous yields * per hectare compared to what is observed in France.
The quantity of inputs increases sharply when in industrial agriculture we want to increase yields (eg to go from 70 quintals of wheat / ha to 100 quintals).
Not only fertilizers, but phytos, because of their greater fragility: insects more readily regulate "doped" plants, the + high density favors fungus.
Moreover, since the increase in the cost of inputs the race for yield has been revised downwards, it has been the opportunity to launch the lame concept of "sustainable agriculture" (which says a lot about previous practices). , which must therefore have been devoid of reason!).
* but also with very low costs.
