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Crop Sprayer For Budget Farming

Date released

1969

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

18

NoS ID

350827

Story no

3 / 5

COI synopsis: In crop spraying pesticides are normally diluted with water and sprayed at high pressure. By mixing the pesticide with oil instead of water a new invention cuts the amount of liquid from 200...

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Bitter Harvest: Pesticides and the Third World (1986 Video)

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette.

Discusses the problems of pesticides in the Third World. These include outbreaks of secondary pests, pesticide resistance, the need for continuous research and development of improved pesticides and the...

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Don’s Do’s and Don’ts No.6: a series of tips on gardening - nd [1983]

DON’S DO’S AND DON’TS NO.6 [Series RADIO VICTORY ARCHIVE] A series of gardening tips, broadcast by Radio Victory, presented by DON JOHNSON. TRACK 1- In - I found our ... Pot plants - how to look after...

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Food and chemicals (1984)

A documentary about pesticides and chemicals used in food production and agriculture, for example compounds which are given to animals for nourishment, and antibiotics to innoculate them against diseases.

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Cost of Cotton, The (1979 Film)

Producer

Luis Argueta; David Temple

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Documents excessive and uncontrolled use of pesticides in Guatemala. The country’s cotton production depends on aerial spraying of pesticides every two or three days during the harvest. The consequences...

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Home and Away (1991 Video)

Producer

Tony Jolly

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Every day we take for granted hundred of chemicals in our homes while perhaps deploring the use of pesticides by farmers. The benefits that chemicals bring are not totally without risk. It is up to us...

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Killer Bargain, A (2008)

Director

Tom Heinemann

Subject

Agriculture; Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 57 minutes), 28 euros

A critical look at the cotton industry in India. Multinational companies are involved in promoting the extensive use of pesticides, many of which are banned in the western world. The bleaching and dyeing...

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Life in the Balance (1976 Video)

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 22 min.

Examines the role of pesticides in correcting the imbalance between world food production and population growth. Shows the work of scientists at Jealott’s Hill Research Station, where test procedures are...

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Green Machines (1993 Video)

Producer

Philip Ashby

Subject

Agriculture; Biology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min.

Food production is a highly technical business. This programme looks at long-term sustainability in farming. Looks at the basic scientific principles of plant growth - the balance between nutrient and energy...

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Eco: Unnatural Solutions (1985 Video)

Director

Paul Cleary

Producer

Vivica Parsons

Subject

Agriculture; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

A survey of the effects on foxes, otters, bees, birds, etc. of the effects of DDT, dieldrin, aldrin, glyophosate, lindane, paraquat, 2,4,5-T, ioxynil and phosphorus compounds. The dangers of spray drift on...

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