Malaria alone kills 2 million people yearly. Pesticide use is essential to the control of this disease.
Japan Crop Protection Association(JCPA) is the non-profit organization of Japanese manufacturers, formulators and distributors of agricultural crop protection products. Representing more than 90 companies, JCPA members manufacture, sell and distribute 95% or more of such chemicals.
As production demands escalate to meet the needs of a growing population for renewable fuel, fiber and food, it is more important than ever that food and fiber remain affordable to provide sustainable benefit. Without the benefits of many of the crop protection products produced, manufactured and distributed by CropLife America members, crop production in the United States and abroad would experience significant annual losses due to the detrimental effects of weeds, pests and diseases.
Thanks to modern agriculture, farmers have doubled the production of world food calories since 1960, tripled the output of foods such as cooking oils and meats, and increased per-capita food supplies in the developing world by 25 percent, while maintaining a stable area of cultivated land since 1950 – despite the doubling of the global population during this time
