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| India Infoline News Service / 16:02 , Jul 28, 2011 |
Soil condition is the most critical factor in ensuring continued fertility of the farms.
Industry chamber ASSOCHAM today called for evolving a soil fertility index for agro regions across the country to secure agriculture sector and avoid food grain supplies slipping into negative growth.
The demand for such index has been made in the context of sharp deterioration in soil fertility due to soil erosion, repeated cropping, and agro practices that deplete nitrogen and micro nutrients.
Satellite imagery show that soil degradation has become endemic in large tracts of land – especially along the Ganges agro belt. An index should be formed for specific regions or sub-divisions and updated regularly, said Mr D.S. Rawat, secretary general of The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
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