Friday, November 29, 2019

Agricultural activities having adverse effects on Environment

There are many Agricultural activities which are having adverse effect on Environment. We must apply these activities with the manner to minimize their adverse effects on Environment  .Few such activities are as under .......
1.Burning of crop residues by the farmers of Haryana,Punjab,UP state s has emerged in big way as a major issue causing air pollution around NCR region.We must avoid this practice by way of adopting Suitable crop rotation wherever feasible.Lets promote growing of the pulse crops,Maize,Bajra  crop etc .Govt must also take up this issue and fix up the MS P for thse crops also to save the farmers income. Let's sale these crop residues  of rice crops to paper mills ,convert them to manure and fertilizers etc to maintain the fertility of land or soil etc.
2.Application of the chemical pesticides on crops also give the adverse effect on community health as the agricultural products or commodities being grown through the indiscriminate use of the chemical pesticides contain residues of the chemical pesticides  which are harmful to the health of human beings and animals. Such  activities are also damaging  the agroecosystem as many organisms have now going to become at the verge of extinction.
3.Irrigating the crops with sewergewater or industrial water is also causing various health problems..
...4.Lets use plant protection in ecofriendly  manner.
5.Shortage of ground water due growing of excess water living crops and also due to misuse of water have been observed in 21 states of the country.Lets use water judiciously.
6 water conservation is the need of hour.Lets conserve water and follow the principle of per drop more crops. 7.Due to indiscriminate use of chemicals in form of pesticides and fertilizers  in few places the soil has been converted in to alkaline in nature. Let's avoid the indiscriminate  use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides .

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