EJPAU 2010. Y. , Satpute G. , Marabi R. TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN AGRICULTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH

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2010
Volume 13
Issue 3

Topic:

Agronomy

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Y. , Satpute G. , Marabi R. 2010. TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN AGRICULTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH, EJPAU 13(3), #01.
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TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN AGRICULTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH

Yogranjan , Gyanesh Kumar Satpute, Rakesh Singh Marabi
Department of Agriculture Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, JN Agriculture University

ABSTRACT

Between 70–90% of recent increases in food production
resulted from changes in conventional agricultural practices. Pesticides used
in conventional agriculture accumulate in the human body and reportedly cause
cancer, birth defects, decreased fertility, neurological damage and other health
problems. Organic farming systems offer potential benefits to human health through
least contamination of chemical residue in food products, reducing farmers’ exposure
to pesticides and at the same time by increasing the total desirable phenolic
content in selected food crops for consumers. During the decade of eighties,
preamble of transgenic technology in the backdrop of organic production system
has widened the horizon of transforming food production from a chemical – to
a biology-based system. Developments in transgenic technology have taken place
at input and output traits levels of crop production. Agricultural practices
such as organic methods, use of GE plants and selected inorganic conventional
agricultural methods can play important roles in future sustainable agricultural
practices. In order to let organic and GE cropping systems coexist, strategies
must be devised to allow both neighbours to farm in an economically viable manner.
These two very different production strategies viz. transgenic and organic
production systems will help move agriculture towards a publicly healthy, environmental
friendly and sustainable system.

Key words: ecosystem, nutritional health, organic agriculture, sustainability, transgenics.

Yogranjan
Department of Agriculture Biotechnology,
College of Agriculture, JN Agriculture University
472-001 Tikamgarh (M.P.), India
email: yogranjan@yahoo.co.in

Gyanesh Kumar Satpute
Department of Agriculture Biotechnology,
College of Agriculture, JN Agriculture University
472-001 Tikamgarh (M.P.), India
email: gksatpute@gmail.com

Rakesh Singh Marabi
Department of Agriculture Biotechnology,
College of Agriculture, JN Agriculture University
472-001 Tikamgarh (M.P.), India
email: rsmarabi@yahoo.co.in

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