Pesticides v/s Organicby Rohan Kapur | 29-09-2017 23:02 |
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     Pesticides v/s Organic Pesticides are great inventions of the 20th century. They have helped to increase the agriculture production rather mass production. Increasing population has put a lot of load on the existing infrastructure to produce more to cater to the exponential rise in demand for food. By using pesticides the production has increased. But this has taken a bad toll on the environment & public health. It has been proved that some pesticides are a health hazard in the long run. Many diseases have increased.
In this scenario, Organic farming has again become popular & rather need of the hour. This is pesticide free & healthy as well. I have tried the same at home in my balcony & it has been proved that everyone can do organic farming. Tomatoes & mint leaves have grown in abundance in this small place. I have shared some pictures of the same as well. There is a popular story of a farmer in Japan who has grown organic apples in his farm & now these apples are in high demand. He has seen many failures & many crops have failed, his family suffered a lot, but ultimately he succeeded in growing pesticide-free apples. The full story can be read here: Japan apple Farmer My point is that if I can do it, The Japanese farmer can do it than all of us must try to promote pesticide-free agriculture produce. |
