How much chemical fertilizer is used per hectare in Punjab?
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In India, there are large disparities in the state-wise consumption of fertilizers and Punjab state is the ranked one with respect to its per hectare use. Fertilizer consumption per hectare also varies across farm size categories, with skewed tendency towards small farmers, irrigated areas and rabi season (winter season) indicating possibility of increasing agricultural production through fertilizers along with other complementary inputs. Therefore, the present study was conducted to examine the trend, pattern and determinants in the use of different fertilizer nutrients in the Punjab state. The economic efficiency of fertilizers use on farms in different regions of the Punjab state was also estimated to examine their impact on profitability and economic scope of their increased application. The information on fertilizer use and other variables was gathered for major crops i.e. wheat and rice, which use more than 80 per cent of total fertilizers. In state, the use of major nutrients (N+P+K) went up from just 65.3 thousand tonnes in triennium ending (TE) 1968 to 1463.7 thousand tonnes in TE 2004. The use of K in Punjab soils is not high because soils are rich in K-illitic mineral. Punjab state alone consumes about 9 per cent of the total fertilizers in India and the use is the highest on per unit area basis at 190.1 kg/ha of gross cropped area against 88.2 kg/ha in all India. The pattern of growth in consumption of fertilizers in Punjab was not different from India.
The consumption of the chemical fertilizer per hectare in Punjab is 223.46 kg in comparison to the 90 kg nationally.
Explanation:
- Recently it is seen that the fertility of the soil became dropped due to the use of the huge fertilizers and the pesticides in the soil of the Punjab.
- The fertilizers are more required for the production of the wheat. So farmers are used more fertilizers to produce more wheat for the high demand of wheat production.
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