Increasing amounts of inorganic fertilisers and pesticides are being used for enhancing crop yield in our country.
Increasing amounts of inorganic fertilisers and pesticides are being used for enhancing crop yield in our country. List any two current problems arising from this practice. Suggest a method that can help in overcoming these problems and how.
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Fertilisers and pesticides are
(i) toxic to important components of the soil ecosystem
(ii) causes biomagnification in the terrestrial ecosystem
(iii) eutrophication in an aquatic ecosystem (Any two)
Integrated organic farming which is a cyclical / zero waste procedure where waste product of one process are cycled as nutrients for other process allowing maximum utilisation of resources and increase efficiency of production / inclding dairy farming / water harvesting / composting and agriculture in a chain of process