International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2018, Volume : 8, Issue : 11
First page : ( 938) Last page : ( 950)
Online ISSN : 2249-2496.

Impact of agricultural development on long term sustainability of resources in Haryana

Nisha

Research Scholar, Dept. of Economics, M.D.U, Rohtak

Online published on 2 September, 2019.

Abstract

Agriculture is an important phenomena occurring on land. For increasing food production, emphasis was laid on increasing land productivity and thus various fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides were added to land. The green revolution has also created the problem of environment degradation in this state. For this, researcher gathered the information in perspective issues of agricultural development and depletion of land, soil and water resources, soil degradation and water contamination, reasons for this degradation and depletion and its impact on environment and human beings. To examine the impact of present cropping pattern on agricultural productivity, soil fertility, water resources and health of well-being in Haryana. The study has been based on primary data. Primary sources have been used to acquire the necessary information from respondents by survey method. The finding of the study indicates that majority of respondents in all three selected districts are not much aware about the hazards caused by the fertilizers and pesticides. For higher production the farmers use the heavy amount of chemicals resulting increase in production but decrease in soil and water health, which create the problems of land, water and soil degradation in farm agriculture. There is need of a second green revolution to maintain the productivity and environment which should be more sustainable as well as inclusive.

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Keywords

Agriculture, Sustainability, Environment, Chemical Fertilisers.

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