Part one of term paper
What is the goal of agriculture? Mainly, it is to produce healthy food, affordable for consumers to purchase, while ensuring that farmers are able to earn a decent income. Recently, with greater environmental awareness in society in general, it is also now very important to protect the agricultural environment. This is a big challenge for far ...

Part two of term paper
... and effective way to handle these has been to employ pesticides, many of which are now composed of synthetic chemicals, and it is these substances - very beneficial from the economic and production aspects of farming - which can pose risks to human health and the environment if not properly used. Pest problems are not new; in fact, they have been around as long as agriculture itself. But the pest pressure faced by farmers is now as great as it ever was: the world's fast-growing human population ...