Overuse of Pesticide & Releasing

of Greenhouse gases
by
Peem Poramin 1002
 The purpose of this presentation is to show my understanding about my topics.
All of the information are from all of my work and researches.

In this project, i have chosen to work on two topics which are overuse of pesticide
and the released of greenhouse gases from industrial farming.
 Overuse of Pesticide
What do i know about Pesticide?
-I know that Pesticide is the chemical substances the is use for killing pest.
-Many farmers use these chemicals to their crops so that pest won’t disturb their crops.

Why do we need to concern about using too much pesticide?

-We need to concern about it, since the chemicals that is present in the pesticide can be
transmitted to us (humans) and may cause issue to our health.
∆How?
-It is called Biomagnification. So when the primary-
consumers consume the producers that contains the
pesticide chemicals, the chemicals will also be
passed on to them. As this action repeats from level
to another, the more concentration of the chemical
will also increases as we have studied about the
food chain and the 10%. As a result, the higher level
the of organisms is the more numbers they gotta
eat, which = the more concentration of chemical.
Why people are making stronger pesticide?

-So when farmers use the same pesticide for sometime, the pest will develop a genetic resistance which will
allows them to fight and survive with the pesticide; therefore, people are making stronger pesticide to eliminate
them.

Solution to this problems:

-As i went through researches and what i have studied in class, i found out some solutions that may help this issue.
ø Solution to this problems is to use natural predator to kill pest instead of using pesticide. Also, to use organic-
pesticide.
If we follow this, the chemical will no more be presented in the crops which will cut the whole chemical
transmission and us human will be SAFE!!!!!.

∆How does this related to our learning from previous quarters?

-From what i understand, this topic is related to both our food-chain and the keystone species. Which we had
studies in our previous quarters.
As an explanation, the biomagnification is connect with the food chain as the chemical is pass on when there
consumption . Also, when we use pesticide, it may kill the keystone species as well which are beneficial to the
farm. So using natural predators will allow them to do their jobs.
 Greenhouse Gases in Industrial
Farming
What do i know about GHG?

-I know that GHG consist of CO2 Methane Water-Vapour and Nitrous-Oxide.

-Since they can trap heat very well, these gases are capable of keeping the Earth warm.

Why do we need to concern about having too much GHG in our atmosphere?
-We need to concern about it, because if there’s too much GHG it may cause changes in our
climates!!!!. GLOBAL WARMING!!!
Where can we find GHG in the industrial farming?
-Cows’ fart -Pile of manure -Rice paddies -Fertilizers
Methane Nitrous Oxide
“Fertilizer will produce GHG when
we add too much of it than the
plants can absorb.”
 Solutions to this problem:
At first i have a problem to find the solution to this topic; however, after i found it i understand why it
is hard to find. Because the solution to this topic is not simple, it needs some interaction between
many things, it contain many details that took some researches.
-To changes the livestocks food.
If we change the food, it does not stop the animals from producing GHG, but it can reduce the
amount of it. As we include more lipids in their food they will produce lesser Methane; however if
we add too much it will cause side-effects in their digestion of nutrients.
-Leaving the plants intact to the soil after harvest.
When the plant decay, nutrients will be added to the soil which will affect the process to
producing nitrous oxide from bacteria. This will help reducing the amount of nitrous
oxide emission.

∆How does this related to our learning from previous quarters?

This topic is related to our learning about the GHG and also the nitrogen-cycle.