Environmental and Health Hazard of Herbicides used in Asian Rice Farming: A Review

Abstract

Lots of work have been done on herbicide use and its impact on soil, environment and farmers health worldwide especially in Asia. But, very little or no attempt has so far been made to do research on this topic in Bangladesh context. In Bangladesh, herbicide use is not quite an old practice rather a new one. Therefore, the local farmers are not that aware of the impact of herbicides on rice field environment or even on their own health. However, this paper tries to explore the impacts of herbicide on environment, soil and farmers’ health in world context, especially in Asian context. This will give some ideas of doing some research on herbicidal impact in Bangladesh context as well.