UNION BUDGET 21)07-08 Conducive Fertiliser Policy : A Must for Agricultural Growth

摘要

THE CONTRIBUTION OF FERTILISERS in increasing the production and productivity of Indian agriculture, especially foodgrains, is undisputed and so is the increasing requirement of fertilisers in future. With the declining crop response ratio to fertiliser application, the requirement of fertilisers would increase at accelerated rates to increase the crop productivity further which has reached almost a plateau. Fertilisers played a key role along with high yielding varieties of seeds and expansion of irrigation facilities in the seventies and eighties in attaining India's food security. But there has been a virtual stagnation in production of foodgrains for a decade or so. Ensuring food security for the poor and vulnerable sections representing a large chunk of our population, however, still remains an unfinished task for our policy makers.