Nanotechnology Pros and Cons to Agriculture: A Review
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چکیده
The First Green Revolution during 1970 s targeted to the four basic elements of production system viz. semi-dwarf high yielding varieties of rice and wheat, extensive use of irrigation, fertilizers and agro-chemicals and consequently resulted in terrific increase in the agricultural production. However, the agricultural production is experiencing a plateau nowadays, which has adversely affected the livelihood base of the farming community at large. In fact, the country is in need of a Second Green Revolution (Singh 2012). Nanoscale science and nanotechnologies are envisioned to have the potential to revolutionize agriculture and food systems (Norman and Hongda 2013).
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