Pararagraph about unscientific method of land use
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Agriculture is the main stay of livelihood for 65 per cent Indian. After green revolution (1970s), agricultural practices have been transformed with high yield varieties seeds, chemical fertilizers, pesticides and modern irrigation. Agriculture has become dependent on market for the price of agricultural inputs and price of crops. Within 40 years of green revolution, earning from agriculture has been reduced due to ever increasing cost of inputs, volatile nature of market price of crops and unscientific use of fertilizer. This issue has been studied in Burdwan-I C.D. Block, Barddhaman of 208 farmer’s family. In aman, 56%, 88%, 86% and in boro, 62.5%, 85.57% and 71% farmer apply more NPK than recommended fertilizer respectively. A family with 3-4 members cannot sustain their lives on agriculture with less than a hectare land and 81.25% farmers cannot sustain their basic needs on agriculture. So, alternative agriculture is badly needed to sustain rural economy and livelihood. Keywords: Green Revolution, High Yield Varieties Seeds, Pesticide, Unscientific Use of Fertilizer and Rural Economy