India's next fertiliser revolution: New-age nutrients to complement conventional fertilisers
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- ✓India’s fertiliser strategy must integrate conventional and new-age nutrients to boost crop yields.
- ✓While mineral fertilisers remain essential, consumption of water-soluble fertilisers grew 5.7 times between 2011-12 and 2024-25.
- ✓The government now supports this shift with subsidies for fortified products, helping farmers improve soil health and manage nutrient imbalances effectively.
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- BUSINESS
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- Economic Times
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- India Economy
India's fertiliser strategy must, therefore, evolve from a question of choosing between conventional and new-age fertilisers to one of integrating both.
India's agricultural journey has been closely linked to advances in farm inputs. From high-yielding seeds and irrigation to mechanisation, crop protection and fertilisers, technological progress has enabled agriculture to keep pace with rising requirements for food, feed, fibre and fuel. Mineral fertilisers alone are estimated to contribute 40-50% of the increase in crop yields. However, Indian agriculture is now confronting a different set of challenges: declining soil organic carbon, nutrient imbalance, low fertiliser and water-use efficiency, depletion of micronutrients, resource stress and the growing impact of climate change.
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