When the economic crisis struck Asia, we hoped that pesticide consumption in the agriculture sector would decrease by itself because their price was consistently going up. But that did not happen. There were no significant decreases in the amount of pesticides sold. The producers did increase prices, but big promotions were also conducted, with many prizes and exclusive meetings with farmers and distributors in fancy hotels. Some pesticide producers that have successfully introduced their products without people knowing who they really are include Bayer, Novartis, Dupont, Aventis and Monsanto.
Farmers buy more pesticides with each planting season.
This problem of course makes it harder for us to reduce pesticide use. In our villages, the agricultural sectors is one of the most profitable markets for multinationals. Our farmers never know where the profits from these sales go. They only know that these products are only something they must buy, even if that means they have to get loans. That is why I personally think that since our government is not able to do maximum supervision of multinationals, it would be best to use our resources by ourselves.