Organic Food and Pesticides: Myth and Reality

Mohammad Wasim Aktar

Organic Food and Pesticides: Myth and Reality

Mohammad Wasim Aktar

Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya

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Abstract

The Green revolution technologies involving greater use of synthetic agrochemicals such as fertilizers and pesticides with adoption of nutrient- responsive, high- yielding varieties of crops have boosted the production output per hectare in most of the cases. Here, Aktar discusses whether organic foods are totally free from pesticide residues.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Information, Intelligence, and Knowledge
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

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