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How pesticides are hampering crop yield? Explain.

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Birds and insects are the natural agents for pollination. Now-a-days farmers use pesticides to control pests on crops.

The enormous use of pesticides kills insects also. The rate of pollination is getting reduced because of the lack of insects in the fields which is hampering the crop yield.

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