Tuesday 17 March 2015

‘Soil Health Card’ – An Innovation in Agriculture Sector

 ‘Soil Health Card’ Scheme has been introduced in current year to assist State Governments  to issue soil health cards to all farmers in the country. It is likely to develop an application software for the States  for online generation of soil health cards and  fertilizer recommendations. Dissemination of soil testing results through SMSs will be enabled.

The aims and objectives of the Scheme are:
i.      To issue soil health cards every 3 years, to all farmers of the country, so as to provide a basis to address nutrient deficiencies in fertilization practices.

ii.   To strengthen functioning of Soil Testing Laboratories (STLs) through capacity building, involvement of agriculture students and effective linkage with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) / State Agricultural Universities (SAUs).

iii.    To diagnose soil fertility related constraints with standardized procedures for sampling uniformly across states and analysis and design taluqa / block level fertilizer recommendations in various districts.

iv.  To develop and promote soil test based nutrient management in the districts for enhancing nutrient use efficiency.

v.  To build capacities of district and state level staff and of progressive farmers for promotion of nutrient management practices.

The number of Soil Health Cards likely to be issued in 3 years time is as follows:
State-wise number of Soil Health Cards likely to be issued in three years
Sl.
No.
State
Year -I
Year-II
Year-III
Total
1
1727317
3028344
2995128
7750789
2
24773
43433
42953
111159
3
616535
1080911
1069055
2766501
4
3669761
6433848
6363276
16466885
5
849139
1488708
1472380
3810227
6
Goa
13053
22889
22637
58579
7
Gujarat
1073904
1882777
1862125
4818806
8
366560
642657
635607
1644824
9
217799
381845
377657
977301
10
328502
575935
569616
1474053
11
Jharkhand
613976
1076426
1064618
2755020
12
Karnataka
1775161
3112216
3078079
7965456
13
Kerala
1548189
2714299
2684527
6947015
14
Madhya Pradesh
2010914
3525548
3486875
9023337
15
3104859
5443451
5383739
13932049
16
34138
59849
59194
153181
17
47481
83246
82333
213060
18
20825
36508
36112
93445
19
40305
70659
69885
180849
20
Odisha
1057879
1854678
1834334
4746891
21
Punjab
238561
418246
413656
1070463
22
1561259
2737205
2707181
7005645
23
16984
29775
29445
76204
24
1840034
3225958
3190575
8256567
25
1258807
2206942
2182734
5648483
26
125027
219200
216794
561021
27
Uttar Pradesh
5196916
9111255
9011319
23319490
28
206850
362655
358677
928182
29
West Bengal
1614492
2830530
2799483
7244505

Total
31200000
54699993
 54099994
139999987

  Ghanshyam Goel is ADG (M&C), PIB and Samrat Bandopadhyay is Assistant Director (M&C), PIB New Delhi

Courtesy: pib.nic.in

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