Strategies And Technology For Improving Production Of Organic Fruit And Vegetables In Asia: Round Table 1

摘要

During the last four decades, a substantial increase in the production of food grains was achieved through the use of high yielding and hybrid varieties of crops and higher inputs of fertilizers and plant protection chemicals. But, it has now been realized that the increase in production was achieved at the cost of soil health, environmental pollution, loss of indigenous crop diversity and poorer health among rural people. These agricultural practices have caused irreparable damage to soil fertility, structure and water holding capacity in many parts of India. Indiscriminate killing of useful insects, micro organisms and predators has limited the former natural check on pests.