NANOTECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE: OPPORTUNITY AND CHALLENGES

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Using chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and other agrochemicals to boost crop yields negatively impacts ecosystem health because it depletes soil fertility and biodiversity. In recent years, nanotechnology in agriculture has garnered greater interest than traditional agricultural methods. Farmers favor using nanoparticles (NPs) over other conventional treatments because of their small size, ease of handling, shipping, and storage, long shelf lives, reduced soil leaching, reduced toxicity, and increased site-specific uptake by target pests. By creating nanopesticide, nanofungicide, nanoherbicide, nanobiocide, nanosensor, slow or controlled release fertilizer, nanotube clay, etc., nanotechnology improves agriculture and lessens environmental issues. The challenges encompass concerns regarding the potential hazards of nanoparticles on human health and the environment, as well as the regulatory hurdles that need to be addressed. Regulation and market uptake are hampered by scientific knowledge gaps in environmental safety and application expertise. In this chapter, opportunities and problems are discussed in more detail.

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