Volume : 11, Issue : 2, FEB 2025

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “ROLE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE, CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” (NCB-2025)

IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AGRICULTURE SECTOR

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Abstract

By the concept of sustainable development, we mean “preservation of resources for future generations while meeting the present needs of humans”. At present, the economic resources are being exploited at a rapid pace, after which there will be very little possibility of their supply and production in the future. That is why in this blind race of economic development, there is an extreme need to follow the concept of sustainable development for the conservation of natural resources and environment. The first ideas related to sustainable development were presented in the year 1987 in a report called “Our Common Future”, which is known as the Birtland Report. In India, the concept of sustainable development has been followed in the year 2015, under which 17 goals and 169 targets related to various social, economic and cultural sectors have been approved and commitments have also been made to achieve these goals and targets by the year 2030, which have been implemented at the state and district level.

In present times, due to increasing modernization and mechanization in agriculture, there is a continuous decline in the fertility and quality of soil and due to excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the effect of acidity in the soil is increasing. As a result, useful nutrients of the soil are getting destroyed. Biodiversity and natural vegetation are being destroyed rapidly due to excessive spraying of pesticides, due to which it is very important to promote the concept of sustainable development in agriculture sector, under which organic agricultural methods and environmentally friendly crops are produced so that there is a continuous supply of quality food to the world's approximately 8 billion population.

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