Safeguarding Indian Agriculture through Plant Quarantine Regulations: Emerging Issues & Way Forward
Keywords:
Invasive pests, Destructive Insect Pest Act, Plant Quarantine Order, Agricultural Bio-security, IndiaAbstract
The bio-security of Agriculture can never be ignored, as is food security. The world has become a global village due to unprecedented trade in agriculture between countries and people’s ability of travel. India having a diverse climatic condition and rich biodiversity is vulnerable to the pest vagaries. Introduction, spread and establishment of invasive insects, diseases, weeds and other organisms is detrimental to the plants. Such invasions have caused havocs in the past. The plant quarantine is the only way to safeguard future of plant health in general and agriculture in particular. The present paper throws light on the existing plant quarantine regulations in India and critically analyses the emerging issues pertaining to pest incursions and also discusses about the way forwards to safeguard Indian Agriculture.
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