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<strong>Compendium</strong> on Soil Health Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation (INM Division) January 2012
PREFACE Soil test based nutrient management has emerged as a key issue in efforts to increase agricultural productivity and production since optimal use of nutrients, based on soil analysis can improve crop productivity and minimize wastage of these nutrients, thus minimizing impact on environmental leading to bias through optimal production. Deficiencies of primary, secondary and micronutrients have been observed in intensive cultivated areas. With about 12 crore farm holdings in the country, soil analyzing capacity of 4 crore samples annually is required to enable analysis of each holding once in three years. This requires a massive expansion is soil testing programme in the States. Keeping this in view, a centrally sponsored scheme “National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility (NPMSHF)” was launched in 2008-09. In addition, States are availing substantial resources for soil testing programme under the “Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)” and “Macro Management of Agriculture (MMA)”. There are clear indications that investment in expansion of soil testing facilities under various schemes has started to bear fruit. The number of soil testing laboratories increased to 1,049 in 2010-11 from 715 in 2009-10 while annual analyzing capacity went up to 1.07 crore samples from 0.78 crore samples. As a result, 0.74 crore soil health cards were issued to farmers during 2010-11 compared to about 0.57 crore during 2009-10. Several States including Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh have made commendable progress in soil testing programme in various ways such as expansion of soil testing facilities, popularization of the programme in campaign mode, development of soil fertility maps and use of information technology in delivering soil nutrient status and appropriate recommendation to farmers.
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Page 10 and 11: Fertilizer consumption has to be cr
Page 12 and 13: Highlights of State-wise Soil Test
Page 14 and 15: State-wise status of the soil healt
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Page 20 and 21: application of fertilizers includin
Page 22 and 23: Action Plan plane, Bastar plateau a
Page 24 and 25: Existing Status Number of Soil Test
Page 26 and 27: Existing Status Haryana Number of S
Page 28 and 29: Successes/Best Practices The sample
Page 30 and 31: Popularizing soil test based applic
Page 32 and 33: Popularizing soil test based applic
Page 34 and 35: Strengthening existing soil the Sta
Page 36 and 37: Strengthening existing soil testing
Page 38 and 39: Preparation of soil fertility issue
Page 40 and 41: Welfare Department. It will play an
Page 42 and 43: Staffing of laboratories. • The s
Page 44 and 45: Existing Status Number of Soil Test
Page 46 and 47: Existing Status Mizoram Number of S
Page 48 and 49: Existing Status Orissa Number of So
Page 50 and 51: Successes/Best Practices 1. The soi
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Fertility Maps shortage of staff. A
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Preparation of Soil Fertility Maps
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Action Plan Issue soil health cards
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set up MSTL at West Tripura distric
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Agricultural University(s) of all t
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Additional labs, Static and mobile
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Staffing of laboratories The propos
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Annex 2 N, P and K fertility status
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K Gujarat Low Bastar, Dantewara, Ka
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K Madhya Pradesh High Pathanamthitt
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P K Rajasthan Low - Medium Faridkot
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K Uttarakhand High - Low - Aazamgar
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Strategies to address Soil Health
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S.N State/U.T. 1 Per-hectare Consum
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State-wise Number of Soil Testing L
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State-wise distributionof Soil Heal
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List of 1 st 100 Districts having f
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