NATIONAL CONFRENCE ON AGRICULTURE

17-18 September 2014 NEW DELHIGroup discussion on Soil Health Management

FARMER WELFARE & AGRICULTURE DEVLOPMENT DEPARTMENT,

MADHYAPRADESH

Important Agriculture Statistics

• Agro climatic zone 11• Net cultivable area 150.75• Fallow land 11.55• Area sown : Kharif 118.59• Rabi 104.32• Double cropped area 72.16• Cropping Intensity 148%• Area under irrigation 36.5%• Rainfed 63.5%• No. of Land holdings 79.08 lakhs• Spall and marginal farmers 53.47 lakhs (68%)• Fertilizer Consumption 80.19

Present Status of Soil Testing Labs in M.P.

• There are 24 state Govt., 26 Mandi Board and 25 SAUs [Total 75] in working condition.

• Maximum capacity of Departmental lab to analyze 10,000 soil sample per lab in a year .

• From 2009 to till now 16.80 Lakh. Soil health cards has been distributed.

• The status of organic carbon found low to medium.• The status of soil PH and EC mostly normal

• Consumption of N P K fertilizer in the year 2011-12 is 88.28, in the year 2012-13 is 83.20 and in the year 2013-14 is 80.19 kg. per hectare.

Total Distribution of Soil Health Card

S.N. Year Soil health card (in Lakh)

Macro nutrients Micro nutrients T 13.97otal

1 2009-10 1.49 0.030 1.52

2 2010-11 4.03 0.042 4.072

3 2011-12 2.75 0.046 3.21

4 2012-13 3.10 0.12 3.22

5 2013-14 3.11 0.22 3.33

6 2014-15 (Till now)

1.26 0.08 1.34

Total 15.74 0.567 16.30

N P K STATUS IN PERCENTAGE OF TESTED SOIL SAMPLE

YEAR NUTRIENT LOW MID HIGH

2012-13 N 42 42 16

P 35 53 12

K 14 37 49

OC 41 42 17

2013-14 N 42 42 16

P 35 52 13

K 14 43 43

OC 39 43 18

2014-15 N 42 42 16

P 36 47 17

K 14 43 43

OC 39 41 20

MICRO NUTRIENT

YEAR2012-13

YEAR2013-14

YEAR2014-15

LOW SUFFICIENT LOW SUFFICIENT LOW SUFFICIENT

CU 16 84 18 82 18 82

Fe30 70 41 59 40 60

Zn53 47 54 46 54 46

Mn 17 83 24 76 23 77

Bo - 100 17 83 17 83

MICRO NUTRIENT STATUS IN % OF TESTED SOIL SAMPLE

pH Year 2012-13 Year 2013-14 Year 2014-15

Acidic 0.65 - 1.7

Neutral 99 97 97

Alkaline 38 3 1.3

OC Year 2012-13 Year 2013-14 Year 2014-15Normal 98.58 100.00 99.63Above to normal

0.14 - 0.03

Year 2012-13 Year 2013-14 Year 2014-15Year 2012-13 Year 2013-14 Year 2014-15

Status of pH in % of tested soil sample

Status of EC in % of tested Soil sample

Status of N P & K in % of tested soil samplesNUTRIENT LOW MEDIUM HIGH TOTAL

N 42 42 16 100

P 35 51 14 100

K 14 41 45 100

OC 40 42 18 100

Status of micro nutrient in % of tested soil samples

NUTRIENT LOW SUFFICIENT TOTAL

Cu 17 83 100

Fe 37 63 100

Zn 54 46 100

Mn 21 79 100

Bo 17 83 100

S 17 83 100

Season wise N P K consumptions in M.P. (Kg/Ha.)

YEAR N P K TOTAL

2011-2012 39.68 33.44 3.41 76.54

2012-2013 38.42 35.02 4.15 77.59

2013-2014 42.97 28.68 2.81 74.46

YEAR N P K TOTAL

2011-2012 60.91 36.86 4.05 101.82

2012-2013 59.16 28.30 2.05 89.50

2013-2014 59.87 24.65 1.93 86.44

RABI

AVERAGE YEAR N P K TOTAL

2011-2012 49.54 35.03 3.71 88.28

2012-2013 48.19 31.85 3.16 83.20

2013-2014 51.04 26.75 2.39 80.19

UNIT:- IN KG/HEC.

KHARIF

S.N Name of Inputs Years 2012-13 Years 2013-14 Years 2014-15

1 VERMI COMPOSTING IN NO.

4634 12021 12503

2 BIO GAS SLURRY IN NO. 11966 9470 1209

3 DISTRIBUTION OF MICRO NUTRIENTS [25 KG./HEC.]

376800 271479 1811310

4 DISTRIBUTION OF GYPSUM [250 KG./HEC.]

62764 54088 26255

5 DISTRIBUTION OF BIOFERTLIZERS IN TONNS

- 659.55 995.00

USE OF INPUTS FOR SOIL HEALTH MANAGEMENT

S.N Programs Years 2012-13 Years 2013-14 Years 2014-15

NO BENEFICIARY

NO BENEFICIARY

NO BENEFICIARY

1 ORGANIC FARM FIELD SCHOOL [ 30 ARMAR]

535 16050 979 29370 1647

49410

2 FARMERS TOUR OUT OF STATE [ 30 FARMER]

61 1830 110 3300 178 5340

3 FARMERS TOUR WHITIN STATE [ 30 FARMER]

68 2040 99 2970 246 7380

4 FARMERS TRAINING [ONE DAY][ 30 FARMER]

438 13140 432 12960 486 14580

5 JAIVIC WORKSHOP 1 0 1

AWEARNES PROGRAM ON SOIL HEALTH MANEGMENT/ORGENIC FARMING

Awareness programs for farmers to maintain soil health and increasing the soil fertility

• Organic farmer field school 45420 farmers benefited during 12-13 & 13-14.

• Exposure tour out of state and within state - 10,140 farmer benefited during last two year.

• Conduction of organic farming training – 26,100 farmers benefited during last two year .

Application of organic matter and micronutrients to maintain the soil health

• To prepare 16,655 vermicompost to promote for organic

farming during last two year.

• 21436 farmers are using biogas slurry during last two year.

• Use of Zinc sulphate in 518979 hectares during last two year.

• Use of gypsum in 116852 hectares during last two year.

Proposed work to maintain soil health in NMSA

• Setting of 27 new soil testing lab is proposed.

• Proposal for strengthening of 24 existing departmental soil testing labs.

• Proposal for strengthening of 4 existing fertilizer quality control lab.

• Proposal for promotion of organic farming and INM.

• Project for promotion of micronutrient to improve the status of Zn in soil of

M.P.

• Establishment of organic agriculture research and teaching department.

• Package and practices for different cropping systems under organic

farming.

Action to be taken for better Soil health and NUE

• Soil testing and scientifically sound management decisions about fertilizer.

Requirement and given recommendations.

• Increase yield by providing balance amount of nutrients.

• Base N P and K application rates on soil test and yield goals.

• Increase contribution of legumes, manures, crop residues and other organic

wastes

• Synchronize application with crop demand and utilization of fertilizer nutrients.

• Use slow release N fertilizers and nitrification inhibitors to reduce leaching.

• Schedule irrigation to minimize leaching losses.

• Diversify crop rotations to include crops that utilize residual nitrogen.

• Place the fertilizer at right depth, right amount, right time with right source.

• Use variable fertilizer application rates in variable fertility soils.

• Band placement reduces immobilization

• Deep placement in reduced zone improves N use efficiency in rice

• Band placement can prevent ammonia volatilization losses by 15-20%

in wheat.

• Where soil and environmental conditions favour NO3 loss, nitrification

inhibitors will increase N use efficiency.

• Fertilizers like Neem coated urea are better suited for transplanted

rice

• Urease inhibitors have proven effective where ammonia volatilization

is a problem especially when urea is surface applied.

• Urea super granules when placed as basal have shown to increase N

use efficiency by 6-30% compared to prilled urea.

Practices of N application for better soil health and NUE

Practices of P & K application for Better Soil Health and NUE

• Placement/drilling to optimize use efficiency

• Deep placed P + restricted irrigation is on par with P broadcast unrestricted irrigation

• Most efficient when P is banded with or near the seed

• Band placement reduces surface contact between the soil and fertilizer

• Seed placed P & K is most beneficial when soil test P & K is low and soil moisture is

optimum

• Refine animal feed ration

• Use feed additives to increase animal absorption of P

• Move manure from surplus to deficit areas

• Apply conservation practices such as reduced tillage, buffer strips and cover crops.

• In high rainfall areas with coarse texture split application of K gives higher efficiency• In a sandy loam soil, split application resulted in a higher yield.

Practices for recycling manure nutrients

• Soil test once in three years for recommending INM

• Develop a baseline for manure nutrient content and quality

• Prioritize manure application in fields testing low in P and K

• Apply manure before cereal rather than legume

• Calculate N credit from legumes and other N sources

• Apply manure uniformly to cover the entire field

• Keep records of what, when, where, and how much manure is applied to fields

• Limit manure application on untilled fields

• Avoid manure application to sloping or eroded soils

Manage organic C for better soil health

• Residue retention on soil

• Integrated nutrient management

• Avoiding residue burning