“Rising Use of Permethrin in Agriculture for Crop Protection”
- Increasing reliance on permethrin-based insecticides by farmers to manage pests across crops such as cotton, maize, and vegetables
- Highly effective against a wide spectrum of crop-damaging insects including aphids, caterpillars, and beetles
- Preferred for its affordability and low environmental persistence compared to other chemical pesticides
- Plays a key role in enhancing crop yield and reducing pre-harvest losses in developing economies
- In Brazil, permethrin is widely used in soybean and cotton farming to combat resistant insect species
