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NPM IN 1998 |
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Bad monsoon and severe pest attack destroys cotton crop in Warangal district. A record sale of pesticides to revive the crops led to high cost of cultivation and indebtedness. Suicides follow.
January 7
The Warangal crop failure is termed as a natural calamity by the Central government.
February 3rd
A farmer attempts suicide in front of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, in an election rally.
CWS continues collaboration with various local NGO's to further their experiment. M S Chari coins the term - Non pesticidal management (NPM). |
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From Down To Earth
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Abetment to suicide
Even if the farmers of Andhra Pradesh manage to save some of their crops from pests, they cannot escape pesticides.
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