Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Aeshna Sinha, Tushnima Chaudhuri and Loveleen Arora

Abstract:
Pesticides are one of the major inputs for increasing the agricultural productivity. But the imbalance and improper usage of pesticide has created residual effects and deleteriously impacted the health of humans as well as environment. Pesticide residues in food products is a major bottleneck in the international trade and has lead to huge rejection of consignments from the importing countries. There are different strategies by which the pesticide residue can be reduced such as integrated pest management (IPM), integrated pest management (INM), genetic methods and precision farming. Authoritative agencies are required to monitor and provide accreditation to authentic laboratories which strictly maintains the testing protocols and quality as per the standards of importing countries.