Nayakrishi

(New Agriculture Movement) A modern agricultural movement within Bangladesh that rejects the use of Western pesticides and genetically altered seeds.

The movement was started in response to environmental hazards that were assumed to have been started by the use of insecticides and nematicides in the growing of crops.

In addition to health concerns the movement strongly promotes an organic environment to grow crops, which has evidently increased crop outputs. This is seen as both furthering self-sufficiency and distancing Bangladesh from Western development firms and banks.

References

1. McKibben, Bill. May/June 2001. An Alternative to Progress. Mother Jones. http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2001/05/alt_progress.html