Abstract

  The concept of sustainable agriculture has come up because yields from modern farming technique (Modern Agriculture) reaching a plateau and the environmental problems due to excessive use of chemical and fertilizers and pesticides residue in food chain. The ration of work hours devoted by women in agriculture fodder collection and fuel collection is 1:0.60 :0.25. women, particularly poor village women are used modern techniques in farming. Modern Agriculture is that form of farming which produces sufficient food to meet the needs of the present generation without eroding the ecological assets and productivity of life supporting systems of future generations.

Keywords: Women Agriculture; Tools and Techniques

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Citation

Citation: Shahnaz Jamil. “Role of Women in Modern Agriculture and Adverse Consequence of Modern Agriculture"Acta Scientific Agriculture 4.1 (2020): 154-155.

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Copyright: © 2020 Shahnaz Jamil. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.