Despite the launch of a fertiliser booking app to ease urea distribution, farmers continue to face hardships due to smartphone dependence, OTP delays and limited stocks, with tenant farmers struggling the most due to absentee landowners.
Urea, a nitrogen-rich fertilizer essential for paddy farming, is key to enhancing crop yields and grain quality. Farmers generally use about 100 kilograms of urea per acre during critical growth phases to optimize production. Concerns over potential shortages, particularly during the peak sowing period, are creating uncertainty among growers.
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Premender said that the State government utterly failed to keep the seed required for farmers. He said farmers were struggling to buy the seed due to the government’s lack of preparedness.
A video of the incident went viral on Saturday with netizens questioning the efficiency of the BJP government that has been in power there for over three decades.
By Dr Ranjith Reddy Fertilizer is a magic wand for the farmer to push his productivity and production but could be a sceptre for the government for it has to procure the produce for distribution under the national food security scheme, for exports, etc. It is the same ‘magic wand’, which helped the country sail […]
Hyderabad: Coromandel International, the country’s second largest phosphatic fertilizer player and part of Murugappa Group, conducted its first drone trials in Hyderabad. The use of drone technology in agriculture sector is to promote precision farming. Drones are suited for a country like India with small land-holding farmers. Drone spraying helps farmers mitigate the issue of […]
