Soil Health, Soil Conservation and Fertilizers
Soil Health, Soil Conservation and Fertilizers
What to Do?
- Always use appropriate fertilizer in right quantity based on soil test.
- Must use organic manures to maintain the fertility of soil.
- In order to get maximum benefit of the fertilizers, always apply in root zone instead of broadcasting.
- Resort to judicious and efficient use of Phosphatic Fertilizers for proper development of roots/shoots and timely maturity of crops, particularly the legumes which fix atmospheric Nitrogen for enrichment of soil.
- For reclaiming acidic soil, use lime and for saline/usar soil,use gypsum.
- Farmers desirous of adopting Participatory Organic Guarantee System (PGS - India) Certification system may form a group of at least 5 farmers and get it registered with the nearest Regional Council or Regional Centre of Organic Farming.
What Can You Get?
| S.No | Type of Assistance | Criteria for Assistance/Maximum Limit | Scheme/ Component |
| Assistance for soil improvement | |||
| 1 | Supply of gypsum/pyrite/lime/ dolomite | 50% cost of the material + transportation limited to Rs.750/- per hectare. | National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP) |
| 2 | Plant protection chemicals | Insecticides, fungicides, bio-pesticides, bio-agents, micronutrients, bio-fertilisers etc., @ 50% of the cost limited to ` 500/- per hectare. | NMOOP |
| 3 | Adoption of organic farming | Rs. 10,000/- per hectare | National Horticulture Mission (NHM)/ Horticulture Mission for North-East and Himalayan States (HMNEH) Sub schemes under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) |
| 4 | Vermi-Compost Unit | Rs 50,000/- per unit (having dimension of NHM/ 30' x 8' x 2.5' or 600 cft, on prorata basis) |
HMNEH Sub schemes under MIDH |
| 5 | High Density Poly Ethylene (HDPE) Vermi Bed |
Rs 8000/- per unit (having dimension of 12' x 4' x 2' or 96 cu ft, on prorata basis) | HMNEH Sub schemes under MIDH |
| 6 | Promotion of Integrated Nutrient Management | Rs 1200 /- per hectare (upto an area of 4 hectares) | HMNEH Sub schemes under MIDH |
| 7 | Supply of gypsum phosphogypsum / bentonite sulphur in wheat & pulses |
50% of the cost limited to Rs. 750/- per hectare | National Food Security Mission (NFSM) |
| 8 | Micronutrients in wheat, pulses and rice | 50% of the cost limited to Rs. 500/- per hectare | NFSM |
| 9 | Lime/liming materials in rice and pulses | 50% of the cost of the material limited to Rs. 1000/ha. |
NFSM |
| 10 | Bio-fertilizers (Rhyzobium /PSB) | 50% of the cost limited to Rs. 100/- per ha. | NFSM |
| 11 | Setting up of new Mobile/Static Soil Testing Laboratories (MSTL/ SSTL) Training |
75% Assistance of total project cost to State Govt. for SSTL subject to a maximum limit of Rs. 56 lakhs per SSTL/MSTL. | National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) |
| 12 | Promotion and distribution of micronutrients | 50% of cost subject to a limit of ` 500/- per ha.and/ or Rs 1000/- per beneficiary | NMSA |
| 13 | Setting up of state-of-the-art liquid/carrier based Biofertilizer / Biopesticide units | 25% of cost limited to ` 40 lakhs per unit for individuals/private agencies through NABARD capital investment of 200 TPA production capacity | NMSA |
| 14 | Setting up of mechanized Fruit/ Vegetable market waste/Agro waste compost production unit |
33% of cost limited to Rs. 63 lakhs/unit for individuals/private agencies through NABARDas capital investment for 3000 TPA production capacity |
NMSA |
| 15 | Promotion of Organic Inputs on farmer's field (Manure, Vermicompost, Bio-Fertilizers, Herbal extracts etc.) |
50% of cost subject to a limit of Rs 5000/- per ha and Rs 10,000/- per beneficiary. Proposed to cover 1 million ha area. Liquid/Solid Waste compost, |
NMSA |
| 16 | Adoption of organic farming through cluster approach under Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) certification |
Rs.20,000/- per ha subject to a maximum of Rs. 40,000/- per beneficiary for 3-year term | NMSA |
| 17 | Support to PGS system for on-line data management and residue analysis | Rs.200/- per farmer subject to a maximum of Rs. 5000/- per group/year restricted to Rs.1.00 lakh per Regional Council. Upto 10,000/- per sample for residue testing (Residue analysis to be done in NABL Labs) |
NMSA |
| 18 | Organic Village adoption for manure management and biological nitrogen harvesting | Rs.10 lakhs/village for adoption of integrated manure management planting of fertilizer trees on bunds and promotion of legume intercropping through groups/SHGs etc. (Maximum 10 villages per annum/state will be supported) |
NMSA |
| 19 | Demonstration on Organic Farming | Rs.20,000/- per demonstration for a group of 50 participants or more |
NMSA |
| 20 | Reclamation of Problem Soil | Alkaline / Saline Soil 50% of cost to a limit of Rs 25,000/- per ha. and or Rs.50,000/- per beneficiary. Acidic Soil 50% of cost subject to a limit of Rs. 3000/- per ha. and / or Rs. 6000/- per beneficiaries |
NMSA |
Whom to Contact?
District Agriculture Officer / District Horticulture Officer / Project Director, ATMA.
Last Modified : 3/1/2020
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