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Mind Map by Sadie Brookes, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Sadie Brookes
over 9 years ago
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Using chemical fertilisers and pesticides on UK farms
- DISADVANTAGES
- kills important wildlife such as bees
- bees are essential for crop pollination
- bees are essential for crop pollination
- expensive
- most fertilisers are oil-based
- most fertilisers are oil-based
- problems = leaching chemicals into rivers
- eutrophication
- = pollution of fresh water from agricultural
waste or excess fertiliser run off
- = pollution of fresh water from agricultural
waste or excess fertiliser run off
- phosphates released from farm
slurry pollute water supplies
- can be up to 100 times as damaging as household effluent
- can be up to 100 times as damaging as household effluent
- reduces biodiversity
- kills important wildlife such as bees
- ADVANTAGES
- controls pests, diseases and weeds
- without them, yields would be 45% lower
- reason why yields on organic farms are lower
- reason why yields on organic farms are lower
- increases plant growth
- contains more nutrients for the yields we want
- = more useful
- decreases cost of food
- = more useful
- consumer benefits
- consumers eat high quality food free
of insect blemishes and contamination
- consumers eat high quality food free
of insect blemishes and contamination
- controls pests, diseases and weeds
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