5.1.

69 Besides the good seed/planting material,

proper nutrition to crops plays a very vital role in
exploiting the production potential of a crop variety
and in achieving higher output. The present
consumption of fertilisers in terms of NP&K nutrients
in the country is about 92 kg/ ha (2001-02). The
low fertility status of soil with respect to NP&K and
increasing deficiency of micro nutrients is affecting
the productivity adversely.
5.1.71 In the areas where fertiliser consumption
is comparatively high the response ratio, the fertiliser
input and grain output, seems to be declining. This
is evident from the fact that in these areas the crop
productivity has not increased in proportion to the
increases in the use of fertilisers.