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The 10 Chemical Innovations with the Highest Sustainability Potential

Nanopesticides – Small Plant Protection Products with a big Effect Problem: It's getting fuller in the world. Some forecasts predict a world population of up to ten billion people in 2050. Even today, the supply of basic foodstuffs is a problem in some places. The pesticides inevitably used to protect harvests from pests not only have advantages. Because they often hit useful insects and also harm the environment and, ultimately, humans themselves. Goal: To get more sustainable agriculture requires the use of environmentally friendly technologies. The aim is to keep the impact on the environment to a minimum, consume less water and limit contamination by chemical insecticides.Solution: Tailor-made nano-systems offer opportunities to bring pesticides to their destination in the smallest possible dosage and with the greatest possible precision. This could minimize the negative impact on humans and the environment. At present, research is still underway into such solutions and the opportunities and risks are being assessed. Under laboratory conditions, researchers have already achieved improvements of an order of magnitude, but field trials have yet to produce such results. Although nanotechnology is not the only building block for sustainable agriculture, it can make a significant contribution to more efficient crop protection. (Picture: Pixabay/Bru-nO) arrow back arrow forward Image Zoom
Nanopesticides – Small Plant Protection Products with a big Effect

Problem: It's getting fuller in the world. Some forecasts predict a world population of up to ten billion people in 2050. Even today, the supply of basic foodstuffs is a problem in some places. The pesticides inevitably used to protect harvests from pests not only have advantages. Because they often hit useful insects and also harm the environment and, ultimately, humans themselves.

Goal: To get more sustainable agriculture requires the use of environmentally friendly technologies. The aim is to keep the impact on the environment to a minimum, consume less water and limit contamination by chemical insecticides.

Solution: Tailor-made nano-systems offer opportunities to bring pesticides to their destination in the smallest possible dosage and with the greatest possible precision. This could minimize the negative impact on humans and the environment. At present, research is still underway into such solutions and the opportunities and risks are being assessed. Under laboratory conditions, researchers have already achieved improvements of an order of magnitude, but field trials have yet to produce such results. Although nanotechnology is not the only building block for sustainable agriculture, it can make a significant contribution to more efficient crop protection. (Picture: Pixabay/Bru-nO)
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