Suranjana Agamacharyya

Save Grains Saves Life: Eco-friendly Methods of Pest and Disease Management for Sustainable Agriculture Suranjana Agamacharyya

Agriculture is the most important enterprise in the world. The thesis entitled ?Eco-friendly methods of pest and disease management for sustainable agriculture? was undertaken with the main objective of minimizing agricultural losses through practising eco-friendly methods. As a result, by adoption of eco friendly methods, the losses of food grains were minimized by all type of farmers. Thus, the village wide programme launched to educate, motivate and persuade the farmers to adopt eco-friendly agricultural practices was successful with majority understanding and following the techniques which resulted in saving of food grains and money. The training helped the farmers to control the avoidable pre- and post harvesting losses and to save each and every grain produced. It would ultimately lead the nation to attain prosperity and food security.