Simran S Kaler

Pesticide Problem in Punjab India

Very good awareness Docuempathy Film by the Professor. Also, Punjab has now started using bio pesticides and its usage has increased from 136 MT in 2014-15 to 246 MT in 2018-19 and 286 MT in 2019-20, which is around 3 per cent of the country&apos;s usage currently.

There is still wide a variety of pesticides available to farmers for various uses. Punjab also tops the country in terms of per hectare usage of fertilisers.

On which crops are these 27 pesticides mainly used?

According to Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), these pesticides are used on almost all crops - rice, wheat, maize, sugarcane, cotton, oilseeds, various vegetables, fruit etc. They said that Punjab can do away with these pesticides, even though there are no other alternatives available at present for around nine of the 27 pesticides. Experts said a large number of countries have already banned these pesticides and India should too.

Very good awareness Docuempathy Film by the Professor. Also, Punjab has now started using bio pesticides and its usage has increased from 136 MT in 2014-15 to 246 MT in 2018-19 and 286 MT in 2019-20, which is around 3 per cent of the country's usage currently.

There is still wide a variety of pesticides available to farmers for various uses. Punjab also tops the country in terms of per hectare usage of fertilisers.

On which crops are these 27 pesticides mainly used?

According to Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), these pesticides are used on almost all crops - rice, wheat, maize, sugarcane, cotton, oilseeds, various vegetables, fruit etc. They said that Punjab can do away with these pesticides, even though there are no other alternatives available at present for around nine of the 27 pesticides. Experts said a large number of countries have already banned these pesticides and India should too.

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