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Agro-chemicals and environmental quality (Editorial) [1]

The Green Revolution technologies in the country have resulted many fold increase in crop production, but simultaneously have made heavy demands of agro-chemicals, mostly fertilisers and pesticides. These have created pollution of soil, water, air and agricultural produce. Agricultural pollutants include pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers and some other agro- chemicals.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2008
Dr Ramani Kanta Thakuria [2]
Assam Tribune (Guwahati) [3]
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution [4], Soil Capability [5], Agriculture [6], Green Revolution [7], Chemical Fertilisers [8], Pesticides [9], WHO [10], India [11]
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