"Entering the 21st Century, the world community is starting to become aware of reducing the use of pesticides in agriculture."
30% of global emissions that cause climate change are caused by agricultural activities, including the use of pesticides.
Pandawa Agri Indonesia has developed pesticide reductant products that can help farmers, plantation, and industrial forest businesses to improve their agricultural practices by reducing pesticide use by up to 50% and not stopping to continuosly innovate in responding to ongoing agricultural issues.
Before we find out if this is history repeating itself or if we’re getting Déjà vu, let’s introduce a Swiss scientist named Paul Muller. In 1939 when he discovered Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane or what we know as DDT, it was the most effective insecticide that could control various pests such as ticks, Colorado beetles, and
“Organic farming inputs are simply not as effective as synthetic ones. Only after we see this problem solved from a technical point of view, will we advocate for organic at a massive scale. ”Thesis: Most people believe that the excessive use of synthetic pesticides and fertilisers is spoiling soil quality across the world.
Pandawa Agri Indonesia (PAI), an agricultural company with pesticide-reducing innovations, develops an end-to-end sustainable agricultural ecosystem in Mbay, Nagekeo Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. The Mbay Natural Rice Ecosystem Development is one of several other initiatives developed by PAI for smallholders in Indonesia.
In their just-released Impact Report (10/08/2022), various positive impacts have been recorded from the initiative, including an increase in crop productivity of up to 40%, an increase in farmers’ income, and a gradual improvement in soil fertility.
