INTEGRATED
NUTRIENT
MANAGEMENT (INM)
Consumption and Requirement
(Rabi season)
(in lakh tonnes)
Requirement/ UREA DAP MOP
Period Consumption
Assessed 105.29 39.51 12.50
Rabi 2003-04
Requirement
Actual 103.64 33.77 10.23
Consumption
Rabi 2004-05 Assessed 108.35 39.40 12.37
Requirement
Fertilizer Consumption (NPK)
(in million tonnes)
Year Foodgrain Fertilizer Per hectare
production Consumption Consumption
1999-2000 209.80 18.07 95.23
2001-2002 212.02 17.36 91.49
2006-2007 234.29 23.55 115.23
(Target)
2011-2012 320.00 37.92 168.99
(Target)
Fertilizer consumption in India
vis-à-vis neighbouring countries
Per hectare fertiliser consumption (Kg/ha) in
neighbouring countries during 2001-02
China – 225.1 Bangladesh – 159.7
Sri Lanka – 122.7 Pakistan – 131.9
India – 91.5 World – 89.9
India is the third largest producer and consumer of
fertilizers in the world after China and USA and it
contributes to 12% of world production of N & P
nutrients and 12.6% of world consumption of NPK
nutrients.
NPK Ratio
YEAR N:P:K
1991 - 92 5.9 : 2.4 : 1
1992 - 93 9.5 : 3.2 : 1
2001 - 02 6.8 : 2.6 : 1
2003 – 04 (Estt) 6.5 : 2.5 : 1
Integrated Nutrient Management
Integrated Nutrient Management advocates
balanced & integrated use of :
Chemical fertilisers including secondary and micro-
nutrients
Bio-fertilisers
Organic manures, edible & non-edible oil cakes,
green manures, press mud etc
Application of INM needs to be based upon
Soil test results
Soil Testing Laboratories
Soil testing programme in the country is aimed to provide
services to farmers towards balanced application of fertilizers
based on soil tests.
Total number of soil testing laboratories in the country are 543
(417 static + 126 mobile) with analyzing capacity of 6.6 million
soil samples per annum.
Utilization of the capacity was about 70% for the year 2002-03
Deficiency of micronutrients is a cause of concern. About 99
laboratories have micronutrient testing facilities
Details of soil testing laboratories
Static Mobile Total
State Govts. 392 106 498
Fertilizer Ind. 25 20 45
Total 417 126 543
Different grades of Fertilisers
Based on consumption pattern in 2001-02:
Nitrogen (N) comes from –
Urea (81%), DAP (9.8%), Complexes (7.6%) and
Others (1.6%)
Phosphate (P2O5) comes from –
DAP (64.9%), Complexes (25.3%), SSP (9.5%) and
Others (0.3%)
Potash (K) comes from –
MOP (71.6%), Complexes (27.8%) and Others (0.6%)
Fortification of Fertilisers
(i) Boronated Single Super Phosphate
(ii) Zincated Phosphate
(iii) NPK Complex (12:32:16, 10:26:26) fortified
with Zinc & Boron
(iv) DAP fortified with Boron
(v) Neem Coated Urea
Grades notified in FCO
10 Straight Nitrogenous fertilisers
8 Straight Phosphatic fertilisers
4 Straight Potassic fertilisers
14 NP Complex fertilisers
11 NPK Complex fertilisers
12 Micronutrient Straight fertilisers
7 Fortified fertilisers
12 Water soluble Complex fertilisers
Besides, about 100 products of NPK mixtures &
micronutrient mixtures have been notified by the
State Govts. Under the delegated authority
Biofertilizers
Govt. of India has been providing non-recurring grant-in-
aid upto Rs. 20 Lakhs for setting up of biofertilizer
production units of 150 MT capacity of annual production
by industry, cooperatives, PSUs/NGOs etc.
Under this scheme 68 BF units are funded by Ministry of
Agriculture and 9 BF units are funded by Department of
Fertilizer
Current production of Bio-fertilizer in the country is 10,000
metric tonne per annum against the production capacity of
18,000 metric tonne per annum
Average annual consumption of bio-fertilizers in the country
is 64 g/ha
To ensure quality, standards have been notified by BIS and
regular testing is also done by NBDC/RBDCs and State
Government Laboratories
National Project on Organic
Farming
A National Project on Organic Farming has since been
approved for implementation during 10th Plan with an
outlay of Rs. 57.05 crores for the production, promotion,
market development and certification of organic farming
in the country. The components of the project include:
Continuation of on-going activities of NBDC/RBDCs
Capacity building for promotion of organic farming through
Service Providers.
Support to commercial production units of :
• fruits & vegetables waste compost units
• biofertilizers production units
• hatcheries for vermi-culture
Extension & Promotion