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Pesticide usage by cotton farmers in India - Changes over a decade [1]

With India emerging as a leading cotton producer in the world, and considering the large-scale adoption of Bt cotton cultivation, there is a need to understand the patterns of pesticide use by cotton farmers, especially as environmental, ecological, and health concerns surrounding pesticide use continue to be debated.

Publication Date: 
12/05/2018
Thiagu Ranganathan [2], Shailesh J Mehta [3], Imdadul Islam Halder [4]
Economic and Political Weekly [5]
53
19
43-51
Tags:
Pesticide Use [6], Cotton [7], Farmers [8], India [9], Bt Cotton [10], Agriculture [11], Maharashtra [12], Punjab [13], Haryana [14], Gujarat [15], Debt [16], Karnataka [17]
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