Today our food comes almost entirely fom agriculture,animal husbanddry and finishing.Althrough india is self-sufficiant in food production,this is only because of modern tterns of agriculture that are unsustainable and which pollute our environment with excessive use of fertiizers and pesticides.
The FAO(Food and Agricultural organization)defines sustainable agriculture as that which conserves land,water and palnt and animal genetic resources does not degrade the environment and is economically vaible and socially acceptable.Most of our large fams frows several different crops,the chance of complete failure is lowered considerably .Many studies have shown that one can use alternatives to inorganic fertilizers and pesticides.This is known as integreated Crop management
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