PM cautions on excessive use of pesticides

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged farmers not to use excessive pesticides in their croplands as those reduce fertility of land alongside destroying the local species of fish in wetlands, reports UNB.
"We'll have to reduce the pesticide use anyhow," she said stressing the need for using 'parching' and 'pheromone' tactics instead of using pesticides in farmlands.
The Prime Minister was distributing the Bangabandhu National Agriculture Award among 30 recipients at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital.
Hasina called on the farmers to be more cautious and judicious while using pesticides in their croplands for tackling the insects that cause harm to their crops. "The excessive use of pesticides not only reduces the land fertility, but also causes harm to various local species of fish in wetlands."
"We have to reduce the usage of pesticides by increasing the usage of integrated pest management (IPM) in crop fields," the Prime Minister said.
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a broad-based approach that integrates practices for economic control of pests.