three decades of pesticide use in the Peruvian highlands has unsettled the balance of the Andean ecosystem. The rise in the number of cases of poisoning among farmers, declining soil fertility and reports of pests becoming resistant to agrochemicals has made the "technological revolution' in Peru far from successful.
There is some hope though. Of late, people seem to have woken up to the problem
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/plagued-plantations
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-capability
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/integrated-pest-management-ipm
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biological-pc
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-technology
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/peru
