Measuring impacts of fertilizers and pesticides on the agriculture production

Pages: 895-899
Kavita (Department of Agriculture Economics CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana)
Monu Devi (Extension lecturer in Government College, Haryana)
Satbir Singh (HSB, GJUS&T, Hisar, Haryana)
Babita (Department of Economics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana)

Researcher conducted this study to measure the impact of fertilizers and pesticides on the production of agriculture sector. Current research was based on the secondary data related to the usage of fertilizers and the pesticides by Indian farmers for agriculture and the total production of the agriculture sector. Data has been taken from the official reports of the Ministry of Agriculture and the period reported for the data was of fifteen years starting from 2001 to 2016. It was found from the study that agriculture production and the yield per hectare both are associated with the usage of fertilizers in the country. Agriculture production will get increase with the increased usage of fertilizers. While pesticides do not ensure any increase in the agriculture production. Further, it was found from the study that even if there is an increase in the net irrigated area, but still the agriculture production has not increased.