Surjeet read an article in the newspaper that prolonged and excess use of pesticides and fertilizers leads to cancer in human beings. He also saw the increased number of cancer patients in his town. He started educating the farmers in his town to minimize or stop the use of chemicals in farming and adopt organic farming.
(a) What is the most common pesticide used in our country?
(b) Give one difference in organic farming and chemical farming.
(c) What value of Surjeet is seen in the above act?
(a) The common pesticide is DDT.
(b) Organic farming: It is a farming system with minimal or no use of chemicals as fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides etc.
Chemical farming: Generally, chemicals are used as fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides etc. to increase crop yield.
(c) Surjeet showed the value of responsible person, leadership quality, initiative taker and a concerned citizen