Educating Indian Farmers to transform Pesticides and Fertilizer based Agriculture to Sustainable Agriculture – Mitigating U.N.Sustainable Development Program - 2030

Abstract

With exponential population growth and to feed its 1.25billion people, India is facing enormous challenges to combat with U.N. Agenda for Sustainable Development by 2030.Transforming from inorganic farming practices to sustainable agriculture and to maintain the efficiency and fulfill the consumption demand is robust challenge and needs effective planning and researches into agriculture sector. Regular use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers has resulted in much negative impact to our current mass production style of farming such as reduced biodiversity, habitat destruction, deforestation, water, air and soil pollution, salinization, desertification, decline in water resources and land subsidence. The further destruction to farmland, damage to soil fertility, reduced nutritional value, decreased economic, social and cultural values is a result of today’s conventional farming practices. This paper accesses the challenges of Indian agriculture sector towards the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers and limitations to transform towards sustainable agriculture practices.