A. Saravanan — новинки

Sugarcane producing countries running sugar industries and apart from the sugar and alcohol, these factories generate many by-products and waste materials like solid waste (press mud), molasses and bagasse. The effluent in distillery industry plays a prime role in bridging the gap between the depletion and repletion by its inherent potential of high organic carbon and nutrient contents. Although the distillery effluent utilization in agriculture has augmented the crop yields, its unscientific and unsystematic use causes degradation of land and the environment. To harmless its full manurial potential, there is a recommendation of one time land application and distillery effluent through irrigation water as a source of plant nutrients for sugarcane crop and also to sustain the soil health. Thus, wherever there is uncontrolled discharge of distillery effluent, the environment is aesthetically unpleasant. Scientific utilization of distillery effluent in agriculture would save costs on fertilizers and facilitate reduction in pollution load on the environment and also improve the overall soil health.

Agricultural Biotechnology is a branch of Biotechnology which is a collection of scientific techniques used to improve and increase the yield of plants in agriculture. There are various techniques in this technology though Genetic Engineering is the most prominent amongst them, India is also one of the frontiers in this technology. On the one hand Genetic Engineering helps in solving the global food crisis and makes a positive impact on world hunger and on the other side it is hazardous to Environment and Plant Biodiversity. With this prospect the research work achieves to understand the benefits and consequences of Genetic Engineering with its regulatory mechanism in India. Further it aims to conserve Biodiversity and keep land sustainable for future generation. There are numerous complaints about irregularities in the current regulatory mechanism i.e. Genetically Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) as well as severe opposition to the proposed regulatory mechanism under Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, 2013. Keeping this in mind this current work gives recommendations and suggestions for foreseeable possibilities for Indian agriculture.