Author Question: Should the government give farmers economic incentives to switch from pesticide use to IPM? How ... (Read 38 times)

scienceeasy · **on:** Jul 15, 2018

Should the government give farmers economic incentives to switch from pesticide use to IPM? How might that work?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Three patterns of environmental indicators are associated with differences in the level of development of a nation. What problems decline, what problems increase and then decline, and what problems increase with the level of development?

What will be an ideal response?

brittanywood · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 15, 2018

Answer to Question 1

This is an opinion question. Types of incentives could be financial assistance in installing physical barriers and cultural control. Farmers could receive subsidies for the use of biological controls. The use of genetic controls could be subsidized by lower- or no-cost seeds, etc.

Answer to Question 2

The proportion of the population without safe water or adequate sanitation declines as per capita income increases. The quantity of municipal wastes and carbon dioxide emissions increases as the per capita income increases. As the per capita income increases, the concentration of particulate matter and sulfur dioxide increases and then decreases.