Pest Wars

Synopsis: Questions the efficiency of chemical pesticides, which are revealed to be expensive, environmentally unfriendly and ineffective. Reviews the development of biological pest control, looking at current projects worldwide, ranging from the cultivation of spotless tomatoes in Europe to the rice-growing south-east Asia. Shows how biological control is eradicating the New World screw worm, whose maggots feed on the living flesh of animals and humans alike. Natural solutions to pest problems have entered the mainstream of global agriculture.
Series: Horizon, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production: 1992
Availability: Sale; 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) INCA 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) BBC
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 13/1/92.
Reviewed in British Council FVR.
Subjects: Agriculture
Keywords: biological pest control; pesticides

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Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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