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    Caution on Using Herbicides

    Herbicides can kill crops if used wrongly. This is why it is important to know the appropriate method and herbicides for specific weeds, according to Leonard Gianessi.

    By Rahilla Zafar // 06 April 2009

    Herbicides can kill crops if used wrongly. This is why it is important to know the appropriate method and herbicides for specific weeds, according to Leonard Gianessi, director of CropLife Foundation's Crop Protection Research Institute. He says there is a risk that farmers will abandon the technology if governments do not ensure adequate education in using it.

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        Rahilla Zafar served as a former Devex fellow in Washington, D.C., from April to July 2008 after returning from Afghanistan, where she worked for the International Organization for Migration and the NATO-led mission. Her writing has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the Guardian and Knowledge@Wharton. Rahilla has a bachelor's in public policy from DePaul University and a master's in social policy and planning in developing countries from the London School of Economics.

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