On the eve of inauguration of mega Agricultural exhibition i.e.
KRISHI VASANT at Nagpur our Honorable President ShriPranab Mukherjee while addressing in his inaugural speech said that there are 2 major items that are responsible for draining out our valuable foreign exchange which are 2 F’s. 1) Fertilizers & 2) Fuel. He also said that there were 3 F’s which were draining away our foreign exchange while he was Finance Minister.
The F’s are
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1) Food
- 2) Fertilizer&
- 3) Fuel.
But the farmers of India have played a major role to stop the import of food thereby saving a major share of foreign exchange.
Problems: -
- 1) Our soils are being spoiled and fertility level is going down.
- 2) The water of the well we used for drinking about 10 years before has become not fit for drinking.
- 3) Air is polluted.
- 4) Food is not good for health as it should be. Therefore the diseases related to stomach are on increase day by day.
Reason:-These problems are because of unjust use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and industrialization.
Solution:-If we make use of cow dung along with farm waste & organic waste from the city and villages, crores&crores tones of good quality organic manure can be produced with very small capital within short span of time and that will not only save valuable foreign exchange but also improve the health of our nation by way of reduction of pollution of the soil, food & water by the fertilizers and give us healthy and nutrition’s food, water and air.