A pesticide is a chemical that farmers spray on plants. It kills insects that eat the plant and make them go bad. It also prevents you from getting famine. Famine can cause you to starve and die.
Here is some pictures of farmers putting pesticides on plants.
One benefit is increased food production due to not as much plants dying. Another benefit is more food for people and animals. Also another benefit is lower food prices.
This is a benefit because is more food safety. This is because the pesticides are killing stuff like insects that can make it so if you eat the plant you will get sick, or die.
The icide part of pesticides means killing.
A pest is any living thing that has a negative impact on humans.
The most popular pesticide brand is Syngenta and Bayer CropScience.
Famine is when there is no food for you so you can starve or die.
the pest that does the most damage to plants is Cotton Bollworms.