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Role of Integrated Nutrient Management for sustainable respectively. Such deﬁ ciencies should are advised to apply fertilisers and other to produce such fertilisers to enhance
or maintain the organic carbon in soil.
be addressed properly with application agri-inputs.
agriculture of fertilisers in balanced proportion. N: The objective of PM Program for menting the nutrient needs and quality
Such products, in addition to supple-
P O :K O use ratio during 2023-24 was
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10.9:4.4:1. Restoration, Awareness Generation, of the crops, also improve nutrient use
here has been good growth in the demand of food, feed, fuel and ﬁ bre DR. SURESH KUMAR CHAUDHARI Nourishment and Amelioration of efﬁ ciency of applied fertilisers, farm
agriculture over the years in for the ever-growing population and Director General Balanced fertilisation that leads Mother-Earth (PM PRANAM) notiﬁ ed productivity and soil health.
Tspite of stagnant net cropped to provide raw materials to agri-input- The Fertiliser Association of India to balanced crop nutrition is linked to by the Government of India is to restore
area. Improving or maintaining such a based industries. E-mail: dg@faidelhi.org concepts of fertiliser use efﬁ ciency and fertility of Mother Earth. The scheme is Climate change impacts
growth in future would be a challeng- efﬁ cient nutrient management. It is to promote balanced and sustainable Adverse effects of climate change
ing task as the intensive agriculture Soil health is the capacity of the soil based site-speciﬁ c N management, real more focussed towards N, P and K due use of fertilisers along with organic on agriculture are increasingly becom-
which primarily relied on increased use to function as a vital living ecosystem time N management, decision support to removal of these nutrients in large manures, alternative fertilisers, Nano ing a reality. Scientiﬁ c and technologi-
of inputs and exploitation of natural that sustains plants, animals and the systems, etc. quantities and has considerable eco- fertilisers, biofertilisers, etc. Market cal innovations are essential for main-
resources has started showing signs of human race. A healthy soil allows crops nomic implications to farmers. Every development assistance scheme of taining food and nutrition security on
fatigue. to grow and to realise their full produc- Fertiliser use and crop productivity nutrient – be it primary, secondary or Rs. 1,500 per tonne to support marketing sustainable basis. Climate-smart agri-
tivity potential. The sustenance of soil Food security has been a national micronutrient – plays a vital role in of fermented organic/liquid fermented culture is a comprehensive approach
Several factors may pose a serious health is linked to three properties priority since independence to meet plant metabolism, and deﬁ ciencies organic manures, produced as by-product intended to preserve sustainability,
threat to agricultural sustainability and of the soil – physical, chemical and the needs of a rapidly growing popu- need to addressed urgently. The need of from compressed bio-gas plants/set up resilience, and mitigation in the agri-
food security: biological. lation. It has been documented that the hour is to have a holistic approach under the Umbrella of GOBARDHAN cultural production system.
 Dwindling land and water resources; 50% increase in food grain production to nutrient application through various initiatives will also help in promotion
 Plateauing crop yields; Soil health concerns is on account of fertiliser use. Food sources inclusive of organic-based of these organic-based fertilisers for An integrated, evidence-based, and
 Declining soil organic carbon and Use of fertilisers is indispensable grain production showed an increase fertilisers as per need of the crop. sustenance of soil health. The scheme transformative approach to address food
crop response to fertiliser use; for agricultural development in the of 4.48 times from 1966-67 to 2023-24 will address the on-going issue of man- and climate issues requires coordinated
 Sub-optimum use of secondary- and world. India is no exception. It has and outpaced the growth of population Integrated nutrient management (INM) agement of crop residues and Parali efforts at all levels – from research
micro-nutrients; played and will continue to play a pivo- which went up by 3.2 times during the INM refers to a system to maintain burning, on one hand, and help in mini- to policies, and across commercial,
 Widening N:P O :K O use ratio; tal role in enhancing agricultural pro- period. Production of crops such as and improve soil’s physical, chemical mizing the environmental footprint, governmental, and civil society sectors.
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 Appearing multi-nutrient deﬁ cien- duction. Emerging soil health degra- horticulture (fruits and vegetables), oil- and biological properties and main- on the other, in addition to providing
cies; dation threats pose serious concerns. seeds, sugarcane, cotton, jute & mesta tain plant nutrient supply at opti- additional income to the farmers. Identiﬁ cation, creation, and adop-
 Mining of nutrients due to mismatch has showed remarkable growth. But mum level to sustain the desired pro- tion at ﬁ eld levels of suitable location-
between absorption and addition; Abysmally low soil organic carbon there is no room of complacency. ductivity. Phosphate-rich organic manures are speciﬁ c climate-smart agriculture techno-
 Decreasing population of micro- (<0.5%), emerging multi-nutrient deﬁ - also being produced and marketed by logies inclusive of promotion of INM
organisms in soil; ciencies (N, P, K, S, Zn, B and Fe), Consumption of fertilisers increased INM comprises of use of chemical companies. Speciﬁ cations of bio-ferti- by all stakeholders will go a long way
 Emerging environmental concerns low nutrient use efﬁ ciencies (30-50% by 27.8 times in terms of nutrients in the fertilisers, organic fertilisers, bio-ferti- lisers, organic fertilisers and non-edible in enhancing agriculture production,
in the form of climate change; N, 15-25% P, 50-60% K, 8-12% S and period from 1966-67 to 2023-24. Reali- lisers, recycling of agri-wastes, green de-oiled cake fertilisers are given in farmers’ income, elevating poverty and
 Shrinking biodiversity; and 2-5% micronutrients) and declining sing the vital contribution of fertilisers manuring, inclusion of legume crops in Schedules III, IV and V, respectively, in ensuring food and nutrition security on
 Looming energy crisis. fertiliser responses (<5 kg/kg NPK) are in growth of agriculture, Government the cropping systems, etc. Government FCO. Organic carbon enhancers from a sustainable basis.
major issues threatening growth in agri- of India promulgated the Fertiliser of India is encouraging the INM con- compressed biogas plants have recently
Food security and agricultural culture production on sustainable basis. (Control) Order, 1957 under Essential cept, and has issued Soil Health Cards been notiﬁ ed in FCO as a separate [Indian Journal of Fertilisers, 21
development Abysmally low nitrogen use efﬁ ciency Commodities Act, 1955 to regulate the to all the farmers on which basis, they Schedule VIII. The basic objective is (3): 178-179, March 2025]
With only 2.3% of the world’s land, in India is responsible for unutilised sale, price and quality of fertilisers. In
4% of global freshwater resources, 16% N, contributing to accelerated green- view of about 70 amendments to the Chemical Weekly | Import-Export Data | Market Surveys
of human, and 17% of cattle population, house gas emissions (climate change), order, a comprehensive revised order
yearly growth in agricultural produc- groundwater contamination with with effect from September 25, 1985, Directories | Business Forums | Expositions
tion should be around 4% on sustain- nitrates, eutrophication, soil acidiﬁ ca- known as FCO, 1985 was issued.
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