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Endosulfan Ban Highlights Need for Alternatives
Posted by Inter Press Service: Marcela Valente* on May 3rd, 2011
Inter Press Service: The upsurge in the use of the toxic pesticide endosulfan, targeted for prohibition by the international community, illustrates one of the dilemmas of intensive agriculture in Argentina and Latin America in general.
"There is always a natural solution," insists farmer Alicia Alem, a member of an Argentine cooperative that produces cereal and forage crops without chemical fertilisers or pesticides.
"In terms of wheat, for example, the cooperative gets exactly the same yield as traditional producers...