IRREVERSIBLE EFFECTS OF MODERN AGRICULTURAL PRACTISES !!!!

Rediscovering indigenous fare - The Hindu

The introduction of commercial crops by the British has changed the cropping pattern on the Blue Mountains from a diverse food crop system to a mono culture cash crops scenario. In its wake dependence on chemical fertilizers and pesticides has increased.

The cascading effect is the lack of food security and nutrition especially among the small and marginal communities and reduced water retention capacity of the soil among other things.