Sikh News Punjab To Take Organic Way To Keep Pests At Bay (Indian Express Via Yahoo! India

[Sikh News Reporter]

IN a bid to fight hazardous affects of chemical pesticides, Punjab has taken up an ambitious project to produce and sell neem-based pesticide to farmers. The Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST) has begun the pilot project, in which more than 70 tonnes of neem fruit will be used to produce pesticide over a period of three years. "This is the first mass-scale organic farming ...

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