Nutrient Management for Higher Productivity

摘要

The session was chaired by Mr. T. Nanda Kumar, former Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, New Delhi. Dr. Naresh Prasad, Dy. General Manager - Technical Services acted as Rapporteur. Four papers were presented in the session viz . i) Soil Health - The Challenge Ahead by Dr. Bijay Singh, ICAR National Professor, Department of TSoils, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, ii) Managing Nitrogen for Crop Productivity and Environmental Quality by Dr. J.K. Ladha, IRRI Principal Scientist and IRRI Representative for India, NASC, New Delhi iii) Micronutrients in Indian Agriculture by Dr. R.K. Rattan, Professor, Division of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and iv) Customized Fertilisers for Higher Crop Productivity by Mr. B.B. Singh, General Manager (Business Development), Tata Chemicals Ltd, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.