India, March 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Soil and Land Use Survey of India under Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has generated soil data base at different scales of 1:50,000 and 1:10,000 which reveals that soil of India are sufficient in Potassium with variability in Nitrogen andPhosphorous. With reference to the micronutrients, Zinc shows deficiency majorly in states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh& Odisha. Iron and Boron also shows variability across the soils in India.
The Government is aware of concerns on issues related to soil health. To address this, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) recommends soil test based balanced and integrated nutrient management. ICAR has suggested combined use...