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Spurious pesticides destroy crops worth Rs 6,000 crore a year [1]

Surinder Sud / New Delhi September 15, 2008, 5:34 IST

Spurious and substandard pesticides worth around Rs 1,200 crore are palmed off to unwary farmers every year. This results in a net loss to the farmers of crops worth about Rs 6,000 crore.

These estimates have been compiled by the Agrochemicals Policy Group (APG), a pesticides industry body that aims to promote the safe use of plant protection chemicals.

Publication Date: 
15/09/2008
Business Standard (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Pesticides [3], Pesticide Industry [4], Agrochemicals Promotion Group (APG) [5]

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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agrochemicals-promotion-group-apg