Category: Agriculture – Pesticides and Other Pollutants

Can a simple agronomic device save Honduras’ potato crops? We certainly hope so and are involved in designing and promoting a tool that regulates pesticide use. You might not think of Honduras in terms of potatoes, but they are a mainstay of local agriculture.

Arsenic is a geological and historical fact in Mexico and much of the Americas. As early as 1896, cotton planters used arsenic to kill cotton pests in Costa Chica, Guerrero in Mexico, (La Tierra, 1896).

We arrive at the Chillón River Valley to the wide agricultural fields of strawberries, lettuce and broccoli.