Question

Wendell Berry stated that the problem with monoculture is that as the scale increases, diversity declines; and as diversity declines, so does health; as health declines the dependence on drugs and chemicals necessarily increases.
True or False?

Answer 1

Answer: True

Explanation: Monoculture simply refers to the practice involving the cultivation of a single crop in a given area. This obviously doesn't favor diversity, therefore, as the practice of monoculture increases, diversity and rotational agriculture decreases. Cultivating a single crop usually lead to pest and disease infestation as they become used to the crop. This may require then increase the dependency on the use of chemicals in other to combat pest and also increase fertility as the soil loses fertility due to lack of crop rotation. This has a descendant implication on the health of consumers which ultimately leads to dependency on drugs and chemicals.