How can I reduce my unwanted agricultural chemicals?

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Hello, I am a food engg and these days I am experimenting with farming. I am using chemical fertilizers but I dont want to harm the environment. My question is how can I reduce my unwanted agriculture chemicals or how how can i reduce the effect of these chemicals?

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  1. Fertilizer is composed of Nitrogen and Phosphorous with a few other trace nutrients also included. That can easily come from organic fertilizer and Class A sludge from wastewater treatment facilities (I never saw plants grow so fast on the Class A stuff!). However, they do not address the problem of pests. There are a few organic methods of keeping bugs off your crops (diatomaceous earth comes to mind) but we switched to chemical means because the organic sources were not as effective. The problems arise, as stated above, when the dose exceeds the need. You should monitor your runoff for these chemicals to both save you money on application and reduce your impact on the environment.

  2. I understand the best is to follow the organic practices. But the same question again blinks to my mind, is the organic way fullfil our food demand? I am not an expert and I want to do farming in my area for getting some profit to farmers. I also faith in the concept but practically Iam not convinced. Thanks everyone for these wonderful inputs and thank to development team.

  3. The basic options might be as follows: (a) Use of Bio-Fertiliser (b) Control use of Chemical Fertiliser, if the crop demands. (c) Monitoring the use of fertilisers and preventive options to address the issue of any post harvest residue evolved out of Chemical fertiliser. (d) Use of fertiliser based on agricultural soil properties / crop based demand. (e) Adoption of biological control system as best as possible. etc. Thanks. Regards. Nripendra Kumar Sarma Guwahati, assam, India

  4. I am also interested in this topic and keep reading a lot of articles on the subject. Most of them says follow the organic practices but that I can not switch to organic farming completely, it will take some time to change substantialy. read these articles they may help you as well, ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ai551e/ai551e00.pdf http://www.nrdc.org/greengate/guides/chemicals.asp

  5. Chemical dispose

    Hello, organic farming will reduce the agriculture chemical production but it is hard to turn completely to the organic farming from the chemical farming. You can follow some tips to reduce your chemical waste like, Purchase only the amount of chemical required for your crop. Use the chemical as prescribed by the company don't use it more than the suggested quantity. When using chemicals, mix only enough material to complete the job. Despite careful planning, you may have carry over from one season to the next. Store unused pesticides according to the label instructions and use the stored pesticide first during the next season. If still you have unused pesticides don't dispose them but return them to the distributor. Generaly government has policies for disposal of wasted or unused chemicals follow them. Best way is to switch to the organic manure…