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 | |
| GOI | GOG | |||
| 1 | Supply of gypsum/ pyrite/ lime/ dolomite | 50% cost of the material + transportation limited to t 750/- per hectare. | 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 NFSM RKVY (Rice & Wheat) | -- |
| 3 | Adoption of organic farming | 10,000/- per hectare | NHM | -- |
| 4 | Vermi-Compost Unit | 50,000/- per unit (having dimension of 30’ x 8’ x 2.5’ or 600 cft, on prorata basis) | NHM | -- |
| For individual beneficiary Rs.2000/- sq meter Assistance for the institutions related to Panjara pole, Dairy/Animal husbandry ,& registerd institutions Rs. 2 lakhs/unit | -- | AGR-2 | ||
| 5 | High Density Poly Ethylene (HDPE) Vermi Bed | 8000/- per unit (having dimension of 12’ x 4’ x 2’ or 96 cu ft, on prorata basis) | NHM | -- |
| 6 | Promotion of Integrated Nutrient Management | 1200 /- per hectare (upto an area of 4 hectares) | NHM | -- |
| 7 | Supply of gypsum phosphogypsum / bentonite sulphur in wheat & pulses | 50% of the cost limited to Rs. 750/- per hectare | NFSM RKVY (Rice & Wheat) | -- |
| 8 | Micronutrients in wheat, pulses and rice | 50% of the cost limited to Rs. 500/- per hectare | NFSM RKVY (Rice & Wheat) | -- |
| 9 | Lime/liming materials in rice and pulses | 50% of the cost of the material limited to 1000/ha. | NFSM | -- |
| 10 | Bio-fertilizers (Rhyzobium /PSB) | 50% of the cost limited to Rs. 100/- per ha. | NMOOP NFSM | -- |
| 11 | Promotion and distribution of micronutrients | 50% of cost subject to a limit of ` 500/- per ha. and / or 1000/- per beneficiary. | NMSA NFSM | AGR - 2 |
| 75% of cost or Rs.750 per ha. Maximum for 2 ha./operational holding | -- | AGR – 3, 4 | ||
| 12 | Demonstration on Organic Farming | 20,000/- per demonstration for a group of 50 participants or more | NMSA | -- |
| 13 | Castor Cake | 50% of cost per tonne or in limit of Rs.2000 Maximum for 2 ha./ operational holding | -- | AGR - 2 |
| 75% of cost per tonne or in limit of Rs.3000 (maximum for 2 ha.) | -- | AGR - 3 | ||
| 14 | Liquid bio-fertlizer | 75% of buying price or Rs.115 per Ltr., whichever is less. Maximum for 2 ha./ operational holding | -- | AGR - 3 |
Whom to Contact ?
District Agriculture Officer / District Horticulture Officer / Project Director, ATMA
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