Mitigation of arsenic problem through bio-remediation and agricultural practices for sustainable agriculture

Adoption of agricultural practices is cost effective bioremediation techniques to mitigate arsenic problems and may contribute substantially to the explanation for removal of arsenic and other heavy metal contamination of soils and water thereby quality enrichment in marketable agricultural produce resulting in increased crop productivity within the area of intensive cropping under irrigated eco system. Though the farmers are already practicing some traditional techniques to mitigate the arsenic problems in soils and water, like cultivation of crops which are less affected to arsenic and heavy metals pollution, growing hyper accumulating crops then many practices wherein the fashionable methods aren't prevalently employed by the farmers thanks to the shortage of scientific validity of those techniques, particularly within the context of prevailing socio-economic conditions. Moreover, acceptance of those improved practices by the tiny farmers of this region is an evolutionary process and will be intensively proved. Hence, extensive studies need for bio or phyto-remediation of heavy metals including arsenic contamination for quality marketable agricultural produce, which ultimately can realize better crop productivity.

Author(s): A Zaman

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