Abstract:
"Chronic pesticide poisoning is becoming a common threat to humans as food is one of the main
basic human necessities regardless of gender, country, race, or ethnicity. Records of the World
Health Organization states that usage of pesticides increasing day by day due to two primary
reasons; to increase the productivity of the harvest and minimizing the agricultural losses. A lot
of people are unable to see the downside and after-effects of this harmful activity as it boosts the
productivity of the harvest. In fact, with the increase in pesticide usage, the pesticide residue is
brushed and sedimented in the surface of the agricultural harvest. When people consume those
products, they will insert them into their bodies, and when that frequently happens, it results in
chronic pesticide poisoning.
This problem is becoming a huge issue day by day, regardless of the country we live in, turning
into a global crisis. Necessary safety precautions must be taken to avoid producing unhealthy
next generation and making the current generation unwell. A lot of industrial companies are
deterred to find alternative eco-friendly pesticides due to the uncertainty of the demand as it
could result in losses. This dissertation discusses a system that forecasts pesticide usage in Sri
Lanka, so that the public and authorities can keep track of the variation in pesticide usage,
banned pesticide usage, environmental pollution caused due to pesticide over usage and keep
track of the time to exceed the maximum residue limit of pesticides according to the current
usage.
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