Traditional farming practices have
Traditional farming practices have been partly to blame for the low productiveness in Karnataka’s three.7 million hectares of land, with ICRISAT studies showing crop yields have been two to 5 times less than what may be accomplished. Overuse of NPK fertilizers, which were chemical-based, with out feeding the soil with micronutrients like boron, zinc, calcium and magnesium resulted to low crop yields. Soil desires a complete of sixteen micronutrients and NPK fertilizer can handiest deliver three: nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium.
Also, throughout the wet season, top soil was washed off in conjunction with some thing nutrients and organic matter the soil had, while for the duration of the dry months, there has been little or no water to develop vegetation.
Soil have to have from 10 to fifteen percent natural depend but acidic or unwell soil, which among others may be due to overuse of chemical fertilizers, only has 1-2 percentage. In quick, a whole lot of the soils in Karnataka before ICRISAT intervened have been already in a “ill” kingdom.
Also, throughout the wet season, top soil was washed off in conjunction with some thing nutrients and organic matter the soil had, while for the duration of the dry months, there has been little or no water to develop vegetation.
Soil have to have from 10 to fifteen percent natural depend but acidic or unwell soil, which among others may be due to overuse of chemical fertilizers, only has 1-2 percentage. In quick, a whole lot of the soils in Karnataka before ICRISAT intervened have been already in a “ill” kingdom.
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