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INTRODUCTION:
Agriculture is the most important sector of Indian Economy.Indian agriculture sector accounts for 18 per cent of India's gross domestic product (GDP) and provides employment to 50% of the countries workforce, making it crucial in the overall economy, the survey said. Poor agricultural performance can lead to inflation, farmer distress and unrest, and larger political and social disaffection — all of which can hold back the economy. Recent years have seen the downfall of agricultre. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United(FAO) states that globally 1.3 billion i.e 33% of food or one-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost every year. These losses are governed by many factors namely lack of land holding,exhaustion of soil due lack of manures,choice of unsuitable crops,climatic changes,pest, weed etc.Among all these factors,about 30-33% of total yeild is lost due to pest as stated by P.K. Chakrabarty,asst. director general of plant protection and bio safety.