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What are the types and advantages of agrochemicals?

Agrochemicals or agrichemicals is a common name given to chemicals that are used in agriculture, to aid plants and crops growth and safety.

By Raghav PurohitPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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Farming is an important part of the agricultural field and plays an important role in everyone's life, as food is a basic need for every living being over the planet.

So it's important to deliver healthy and innoxious crops, fruits, and vegetables for all the living organisms.

However, to protect these crops and vegetables from insects, while farming is really important, so the different types of chemical substance used to protect crops during farming is called Agrochemicals.

Agrochemicals are the chemical products that include pesticides, fertilizer, and insecticides, used to improve the production of crops and vegetables.

All products have different effects on insects and undesirable plants which cause harmful effects to the crops.

Let's check out different types of Agrochemicals and their effects on the farming industry:

Mostly agrochemicals are referred to as pesticides which include herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, insecticides, and nematicides. Below are the use and effect of individual agrochemical:

* Pesticides: This is the chemical substance used to control pests, insects, and unwanted plants like weeds. This is also used to kill mosquitos in public locations for health concerns.

* Insecticides: These are the special chemical components, especially used to target and destroy insects which is harmful to the crops. The most commonly used insecticides are organophosphate, carbamates, organochlorines, and pyrethroids.

* Herbicides: Herbicides are used to kill unwanted plants like weeds and herbs, these herbicides kill targeted plants leaving crops to grow safely. Gramoxone and glyphosate are mostly used herbicides.

* Fungicides: Fungicides are the special types of the chemical substance used to destroy fungal disease. Mankocide is one of the types of fungicides used to kill fungal diseases.

* Feltiliers: Feltiliers are available in two categories organic and inorganic. The fertilizers are the substance that is being used to improve the quality of soil, by improving the quantity of the nutrients in it. It’s been spread where the farming is done and are also used for small plants. The inorganic fertilizer is also used as synthetic fertilizer, which is being composed using chemical components.

Advantages of Agrochemicals in Farming:

● By the use of agrochemicals, it has lowered the rate of health issues that were caused due to insects found in the crops and vegetables.

● The farmers can grow more crops per acre and for a longer period, which increases the global food supply.

● While with the use of herbicides it has become easier to manage unwanted plants and have reduced the effort of removing unwanted plants with hands, saving a lot of time and energy for farmers which can be utilized for other important work.

● With the use of agrochemicals quality and quantity, both of the crops is increased.

● An increase in the number of crops also benefits farmers financially.

However, just spreading out the agrochemicals over the farmland is not just a task, but to select optimal fertilizer or pesticides which do not affect the crops and soil, but should also not affect the health of human beings or the other living species who are going to consume the crops plays an important role.

Conclusion:

Agrochemicals have become the basic need of the farming industry, which has increased the quality and quantity of both crops. While if the agrochemicals are not been used, it may create huge damage to the crops which would directly effective in a financial loss to the farmers.

Choosing the correct agrochemicals according to the soil and crop requirements also play an important role here, because if the wrong agrochemical is being selected may cause damage to crops and soil, which may create more problems in the future farming process.

About Meghmani Industries Ltd.:

House of a variety of popular agrochemical products, Meghmani Industries Ltd (MIL) is the group company of Meghmani group.

Meghmani Industries Ltd. is mainly involved in the manufacturing of agrochemicals and works with a focus to protect crops from insects and distinct diseases and aims to support farmers with its constant research and quality products.

The Product line at MIL includes Herbicides, Fungicides, Insecticides. Depending upon the customer requirement, mixtures are also manufactured at MIL. Other key products manufactured in MIL are Dyes and OBA and intermediates.

If you have any queries, Feel free to contact us!

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About the Creator

Raghav Purohit

Hi, I am Raghav Purohit - Manager of Meghmani Group - Leading Manufacturer of Chemical and Dyestuff in India.

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