Volume : IV, Issue : XII, December - 2015

Possibilities of optimizing the pesticides for the Alternative Agricultural Sustainability in India

Dr. M. Junaid Alam

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This Review article is a genuine attempt to evaluate the possibilities of the negligible use of pesticides in agriculture in India. Though the data is quite evident that India is among the least users of pesticides, even then for the sustainable agricultural output there are the possibilities of alternative agricultural practices. Moreover, still the authorities are not so serious about this subject therefore the modern technologies are not being welcomed for agro–ecology, bio–intensive farming, grass farming and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). These alternative agricultural techniques are supposedly bio–friendly and eco–friendly techniques adopted by the developed countries from years ago. Some of the techniques were introduced in 1940’s in USA and 1960’s in Japan, Australia and Canada. This article is based upon the secondary data available in the published reports, Government records especially policies related to pest control by the apex bodies and competent authorities empowered by the Government of India. The article will conclude that the inclusive growth in agriculture is the need of the hour in India. Where it has been reported that the chemical used for the purpose is sometime dangerous for the health as well as it has the negative impact over the sustainable growth of this sector, it is suggested and argued that the alternative agriculture must be adopted for the overall welfare of future of the humanity.

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Dr. M. Junaid Alam Possibilities of Optimizing the Pesticides for the Alternative Agricultural Sustainability in India International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 12 December 2015

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