Pesticides industry in India: performance and constraints

Abstract

The pesticides industry has grown at an annual rate of 7.67 percent from 1966 to 1985-86. It has also undergone a structural change from low value products to high value products. The objective of registration of technical grade material manufacture and formulations is to ensure that the pesticides are effective and efficient for the purposes claimed and will not harm the consumers of the treated food and the natural environment. There is a vast scope for accelerating pesticides consumption by diversifying to hit her to untapped regions and crops. This however, calls for a major market development effort on the part of the industry. The paper examines the working of various constituents of the industry, and constraints on its growth. The paper is based on Secondary as well as primary data.