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Agrochemicals Are An Essential Requirement To Boost Farm Productivity. They Also Ensure Crop Quality. As A Consequence, We Cannot Wish Away The Use Of Agrochemicals In Our Food Crops, Fruits, Vegetables Etc. Therefore, The Entire Food Basket Is Also A Basket Of Pesticides, Because None Of The Mass Consumption Vegetables And Fruits Grown Today Anywhere In The World Is Without Extensive Use Of Agrochemicals At Some Stage Of Production And/Or Shipment. Further, In Heavily Populated, Developing Countries, One Has To Coax The Land To Feed The Growing Number Of Mouths. Enhancing Land Productivity Is A Constant Worry And The Usage Of Agrochemicals Is Quite Steep. Therefore, There Is A Trade-Off Between Land Productivity And Risk From The Amount Of Pesticide Usage/Residues In Food Crops/Plants. And There Is A Need To Be Realistic, While Being Careful. Agrochemicals\` Residue In Food And Food Safety Is An All Pervading Issue In Several Countries Today That Affects Everybody\`S Lives. This Book Is An Eye-Opener, Detailing Contamination In Our Food Basket With Accounts Of Acceptable Daily Intake (Adi) Norms, Toxicological Thresholds And Notable Experiences. It Promotes An Awareness Of The Agrochemicals-Food Safety Debate. The Objective Of The Book Is To Provide Information About The Agrochemicals-Food Safety Debate, Giving Accounts Of Adi Norms, Toxicological Thresholds And Notable Experiences To Enable Percolation Of Learning Lessons. It Is Also An Attempt To Circulate Amongst A Larger Group Of Readers A Collection Of Contemporary Research And Cases Of The Impact Of Agrochemicals On The Entire Food Basket.
ISBN - 9788131411698
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Pages : 274
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