Pesticides have failed to thwart pest invasion, caused health hazards: ICRA

ASHOK B SHARMA
Posted: Monday, Mar 17, 2008 at 1941 hrs IST
Updated: Monday, Mar 17, 2008 at 2003 hrs IST

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New Delhi, Mar 16: in domestic demand, production also declined from 95.3 thousand tonne in 2000 to an estimated 84.7 thousand tonne in 2007. However, the production has still been in excess of domestic demand. As a result, the Indian pesticide industry has increasingly resorted to exports over the past few years. Export volumes of pesticides have increased from 40.7 thousand tonne in 2000 to 110.7 thousand tonne in 2007. However, unit export realisations have declined because of the depressed state of world pesticides demand and increased competition caused because of excess capacities,” the ICRA study said....

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