Food
production capacity is faced with an ever-growing number of challenges,
including a world population expected to grow to nearly 9 billion by 2050 and a
falling ratio of arable land to population. It is estimated that crop losses in
India account for 18 percent of the total crop yield every year. Indian Agriculture loses Rs 1 lakh crore
every year due to pest attack integrated with inadequate irrigation facilities
and climate change. Hence we need to provide our farmers improvised products
which are pest resistant and which can help improve crop productivity.
According to
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), some 30%-
40% of the world's potential crop production is already lost annually because
of the effects of weeds, pests and diseases. These crop losses would be doubled
if existing pesticide uses were abandoned, significantly raising food prices.
In an
initiative to tackle the challenges by the farmers of our country, we decided
to bring a product that could benefit this community and help them reduce crop
losses. Lupho-36, the insecticide has the capability to enable farmers to grow
an abundant supply of food in a safe manner and prevent costs from increasing.
It is effective on
sucking pest of Cotton, Paddy, Caster, Cardamom, Tea, Coffee, Coconut, Mango,
Sugarcane and some caterpillars on Pulses. Even after
harvest, crops are subject to attack by pests or diseases
.
To ensure
food security for the increasing population of this country we have to increase
the judicious usage of pesticides and Insecticides and Luphos-36 can play a
major role in achieving this herculean task. Pesticides are the last input in
the agricultural process and are important for the sustainable development of
agriculture and food. Despite the fact that judicious use of pesticides can
prevent crop losses and provide economic benefits to the farmers, pesticide consumption
in India is limited to about 25% of the arable land.
There are
various reasons of the low usage and we need to create awareness on this. Some
of the reasons include fragmented land holdings, lower level of irrigation,
dependence on monsoons and low awareness among farmers about the benefits of
usage of pesticides. Our group has always been committed to serve the farming
community and we have been carrying out several activities in the remote areas
to help farmers know more about how pesticides can benefit them and how they
can increase their crop production.
The country
approximately loses 18 per cent of the crop yield worth Rs 900 billion due to
pest attack each year. Of the 40,000
different types of insects about 1,000 have been listed as potential pests of
economic plants, 500 pests have caused serious damage at some time or the other
and 70 have been causing damage more often. Therefore, pesticides have been
recognised as essential in increasing the agricultural production by preventing
crop losses before and after harvesting.
