In agriculture, treating it properly means using fertilizers, pesticides, advanced production techniques and intensive research aimed at satisfying our ever-growing needs. Among the problems in regard to the use of pesticides in Africa, it is vital to mention their wrongful use and their sale by brokers whose sole interest is in making large profits. At a national level, this problem should prompt us to be vigilant in our dealings with brokers who use dubious active substances in the manufacture of pesticides of poor quality. It has become necessary for aid donors to monitor the purchases of those who receive their aid, because the recipients may well be poorly informed and unprotected peasants who are helpless victims of fraud. In regard to the dangers posed by insecticides, allow me to give you an example.
Insecticides are capable of completely destroying all the immune defenses of man.
She was spraying insecticide on aphids when she was affected by it. It caused her to become allergic to everything, even air. She now lives in isolation and is even afraid to cry because her tears, like her breathing, are poisoned. This thirty-five year old has chosen to fight and to defend the cause of all of those who like herself have had their lives ruined by chemical pollutants. Since she cannot go out of doors, her husband had to go to receive the prize on her behalf.