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In this book, large number of shortcomings on the way we have managed our pesticide scenario in our country are discussed in this book, including the alternatives to synthetic pesticides. The book aims to address the pesticide issues in India incomprehensive way integrating agricultural, environmental, medical, legislative, and administrative perspectives of pesticides. Since pest management will be necessarily an inseparable part of agriculture, managing the pests by number of alternative methods with minimum reliance on synthetic pesticides after taking all necessary precautions – is also discussed in detail.
This detailed reference book is divided into sections like basic issues of pesticides, impact of pesticide use, regulatory mechanism and its failure, issues related to pesticide sales and use in India, public awareness about safety, health and pollution, alternatives for chemical pest control and general issues about pesticides. An attempt is made to cover academic, administrative and general aspects of using pesticides and problems caused by them. Ideally the book is not only useful to postgraduate students and faculties in agriculture, but also will be interesting reading material to all the members of the society, who are concerned about dangerous effects of using pesticides on human/ animal health and environment. Instead of focussing on problems and dangers of using pesticides, the book aims to find the solutions to address the pesticide related issues in holistic manner.
INTRODUCTION
1. BASIC ISSUES
1.1 Classification of synthetic pesticides
1.2 Confusions surrounding multiple choices of pesticides
1.3 Fate of pesticides after use
1.4 Pesticide consumption scenario in India and World
1.5 Pesticide industry in India
1.6 Pesticide par adox: Imperatives of pesticide use
2. IMPACT OF PESTICIDE USE
2.1 Ecological impacts of pesticides
2.2 Pollution of soil and water
2.3 Pollution of food articles
2.4 Health impacts of synthetic pesticides
2.5 Contaminants and metabolites of pesticides
2.6 Biomagnification and bio accumulation
2.7 Health of domesticated animals
3. REGULATORY MECHANISM AND ITS FAILURE
3.1 Background
3.2 Indian Insecticides Act, 1968
3.3 Indian Insecticides Rules, 1971
3.4 Pesticide Management Bill, 2008
3.5 Mechanism of banning a pesticide in India
3.6Comparative assessment of legislations regarding pesticides in India and Europe
3.7 Comparative assessment of legislations regarding pesticides in India and United States of America
3.8 International issues and agreements
4. ISSUES RELATED TO PESTICIDE SALES AND
USE IN INDIA
4.1 Pesticide marketing channels
4.2 Farmers’ decision and perceptions about pesticides
4.3 Labels and suitability of pesticides
4.4 Online marketing of pesticides
4.5 Sale of household pesticides
4.6 Retail marketing practices
4.7 Mass media publicity of pesticides
4.8 Ground truths about use and abuse of pesticides
5. PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT SAFETY, HEALTH
AND POLLUTION
5.1 Safety rules and precautions
5.2 Safety awareness by users
5.3 Awareness about pesticide pollution
5.4 Awareness about health issues
6. ALTERNATIVES FOR CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL
6.1 Necessity for alternatives
6.2 Alternate methods for control of pests
6.3 Cultural methods of pest control
6.4 Biological methods of pest control
7. GENERAL ISSUES ABOUT PESTICIDES
7.1 India: dumping yard for banned pesticides?
7.2 Corporate benefits vs. public health
7.3 Medical documentation and reporting system
ANNEXURES
GLOSSARY
SUMMARY
ACRONYMS
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