在喀拉拉邦对邻近泰米尔纳德邦的农场过度使用杀虫剂表示担忧后，该州农业部门决定对私人商店的杀虫剂销售施加限制，据一位 文章中 在里面 印度时报.
Farmers who want to use crop protection products will be required to show “prescriptions from local horticultural or agricultural officers to purchase pesticides from shops. A formal order in this regard is expected anytime. Concerned over farmers throwing safety parameters to the wind in their eagerness to save crops, the department has launched a massive exercise to ensure that the field level officers keep a close watch on farming activities in their jurisdiction and also advise farmers on right practices,” the article said.
“Though majority of farmers consult our field officers, insistence on prescriptions to purchase pesticides will heighten the accountability, both that of our officials and farmers,” said a senior official. Indiscriminate use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers has catastrophic effect on land, quality of produce and health of farmers, laborers, traders and consumers, he said.
该部门还决定坚持私营农药零售店和政府经营的农业推广中心展示禁用农药清单，以教育农民。
These steps have been taken to avoid further embarrassment for the government as a team of officials from Kerala’s food safety department had inspected vegetable farms in nine districts in Tamil Nadu in May and prepared a report saying many farmers were using pesticides, at times expired ones, three to five times more than the permissible limit.
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