Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2019) 8(11): 187-192 187 Review Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2019.811.023 A Study on the Relationship of Agriculture and Environment Tarandeep Singh*, Riya Shaw and Sakshi Verma Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana Undergraduate, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Introduction Increasing demand for agricultural land for livelihood speculates the rapid increase in forthcoming years with persistent population growth. At present, some 11 percent (1.5 billion ha) of the globe's land surface (13.4 billion ha) is used in crop production (arable land and land under permanent crops). Worldwide there is a change in the environment every day which is creating problems for living beings. Hideous truth is that every nation is striving toward the development without taking into account the deterioration caused to the environment and pollution to agricultural lands. Daily, humans are using toxic products like plastic bags, which are causing a threat to the environment and end up polluting the environment and agricultural land. Nevertheless, both the professional sectors and the private sectors are playing a major role in bringing down the environment and International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 11 (2019) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com It is widely known that most of the land approximately one-third of the land is covered by crops. Agriculture has a very worse effect on the environment and on the sustainable development of agriculture as it uses natural resources. Traditional farming methods will be unable to meet the needs of food of the rapidly growing population. Now the question arise that can we develop such techniques that will meet the growing food demand of the growing population and at the same time will sustain our environment. Soon a time will come when most of the land will become degraded and could no longer be used for further production and will be left on coming generation to find ways to restore and repair. New techniques and technologies are adopted by farmers but most of these are not environment- friendly. This paper highlights the relationship between agriculture and environment and the influence of agriculture on the environment. Keywords Agriculture, Environment and Pollution Accepted: 04 October 2019 Available Online: 10 November 2019 Article Info