Managing pest insects without pesticides - Rosemary Collier, Professor in the School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick - Leicester Lit and Phil

Monday evening Joint Meeting with Main Lit & Phil

Synthetic pesticides have been available to farmers and growers since the 1940s and their use has facilitated our food security and the high-quality food that we’re used to. However, it has been evident for some time that they, and the farming systems of which they are part, have been contributors to the loss of biodiversity in the UK and elsewhere. This lecture will consider several approaches that can be used to manage pest insects without using pesticides and speculate about what it might take for the UK to manage without pesticides in the future.

£5 charge for non-members.  For details of how to book see the event page on the Lit and Phil website.