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  • Which state in India has the biggest consumption of fertilizerin Kg Per hectare)?

    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.

    📝 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.

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