date:Jan 07, 2019
ontributing around 12.6 percent and 14 percent of the worlds total production of fruits and vegetables, respectively.
However, with the high-yielding varieties of crops such as wheat and rice, which were developed through breeding with Mexican varieties, there were many problems which emerged over the last few decades.
Since these crops were water, fertiliser and pesticide-intensive, it led to the slow degradation of the fragile farming ecosystem. Moreover, these chemicals accumulated in organ