siliconindia | | November 20188By Dhananjay Edakhe, CEO, PlantbiotiXHeadquartered in Mumbai, Plantbiotix is a Bio-Agri business division of Zytex, a pioneer in biotechnology which provides agri-inputs for improving soil health, plant growth and crop protection for farmers.chieving global food security is a big challenge, especially in a world with an ever grow-ing population, accelerating consumption and deteriorat-ing global environment. It is expected that by 2050, the world's population will reach 9.2 billion, 34 percent higher than today. To keep-up with rising population and income growth, global food production must increase by 70 percent to be able to feed the world. In the 20th century, crop yield has increased manifold by use of chemical pesticides, inor-ganic fertilizers and growth promot-ers. The answer to this challenge is sustainable agriculture.Due to indiscriminate usage of chemical fertilizers & agrochem-icals, a lot of damage has already been caused to our Indian soil under cultivation & water resources across the country. It also has direct impact on quality & quantity of our farm produce, and under such circum-stances, advocating integration of IN MY OPINIONABIO-AGRICULTURE (BIOAG) IN INDIA
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