Question: Which state in India has the biggest consumption of fertilizerin Kg Per hectare)?
Options:
Haryana
West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh
Punjab
🔑 Key Points
🌾 Fertilizer Consumption in India
→ In India, Punjab has the biggest consumption of fertilizer (in kg per hectare).
→ Punjab state alone consumes about 9 percent of the total fertilizers in India, with the highest use on a per unit area basis at 190.1 kg/ha of the gross cropped area, compared to 88.2 kg/ha in all of India.
→ The per-hectare consumption is more than 100 kg in:
· Punjab (190 kg)
· Haryana (167 kg)
· Andhra Pradesh (138 kg)
· Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal (127 kg)
· West Bengal (122 kg)
· Tamil Nadu (112 kg)
→ In the remaining states, the consumption per hectare is lower than the all-India average.
→ The use of major nutrients (N+P+K) increased from 65.3 thousand tonnes in the triennium ending (TE) 1968 to 1463.7 thousand tonnes in TE 2004.
→ The use of K in Punjab soils is not high because the soils are rich in K-illicit minerals.
🌾 Fertilizer Consumption in India
→ In India, Punjab has the biggest consumption of fertilizer (in kg per hectare).
→ Punjab state alone consumes about 9 percent of the total fertilizers in India, with the highest use on a per unit area basis at 190.1 kg/ha of the gross cropped area, compared to 88.2 kg/ha in all of India.
→ The per-hectare consumption is more than 100 kg in:
· Punjab (190 kg)
· Haryana (167 kg)
· Andhra Pradesh (138 kg)
· Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal (127 kg)
· West Bengal (122 kg)
· Tamil Nadu (112 kg)
→ In the remaining states, the consumption per hectare is lower than the all-India average.
→ The use of major nutrients (N+P+K) increased from 65.3 thousand tonnes in the triennium ending (TE) 1968 to 1463.7 thousand tonnes in TE 2004.
→ The use of K in Punjab soils is not high because the soils are rich in K-illicit minerals.
📝 Additional Information
🌾 Haryana:
→ Fertilizer per-hectare consumption: 167 kg
→ Ranks 11th in total fertilizer consumption.
🌾 West Bengal:
→ Fertilizer per-hectare consumption: 122 kg
🌾 Andhra Pradesh:
→ Fertilizer per-hectare consumption: 138 kg
→ Along with Maharashtra, accounts for more than 3000 thousand tonnes of fertilizer consumption per year.