Rationalization of Prices for Balanced Fertilization

摘要

There has been a spectacular increase in fertilizer consumption in the country since the advent of Green Revolution in mid-sixties.Fertilizer consumption jumped from less than a million tonne in mid-1960s to 27 million nutrient tonnes in 2018-19.India ranks second in world fertilizer consumption.But the pattern of fertilizer use is distorted with growing imbalance in use of primary nutrients-nitrogen(N),phosphorus(P)and potash(K).Current NPK use ratio is 7:2.7:1 as opposed to desirable ratio of 4:2:1.Moreover,there is huge variation in fertilizer use across various states in the country.Fertilizer use per hectare is less than 10 kg in some of the North Eastern states,such as,Nagaland as against 213 kg in Punjab or 262 kg in Telangana.There is need for increasing per hectare use in areas where there is potential for growth,especially in Eastern India.Likewise,there is need to correct the imbalance in use of nutrients.Improper use of plant nutrients has caused multi-nutrient deficiency in the soils resulting in deteriorating soil health and stagnant crop yields.