TAILIEUCHUNG - Disparities in per unit fertilizer consumption in respective of gross cropped area, gross irrigated area and total rainfed area in Telangana state

The present paper makes an attempt to investigate the fertilizer consumption in Telangana region covering 10 districts in the study area conducted during 2012- 13. The results revealed that, the consumption rate was varying according to the area of irrigation facilities adopted by the farmers of particular locality. The results revealed that, the demand for fertilizers specially for major nutrients (NPK) is vast, however, in this study it was interesting to note that, potassic fertilizers, the adjusted R2 (2) for cubic model was identified as the best fitting model for Potash fertilizer demand in the Telangana region as this function had higher 2 () with relatively low residual mean square. The study results also revealed that, The compound growth rate of per unit consumption of N, P,K and Total NPK fertilizers in Telangana region is , , and for the Gross Cropped Area, the Gross Irrigated Area and the Total Rainfed Area respectively. Hence the study suggest that, to improve the fertilizer use efficiency farmers should opt for biological fertilizers which can reduce the pollution for soil environment and helps in obtaining farm yields on sustainability basis in long-run. In addition, government should frame policies to attract biological fertilizers in order to get ride of burden of subsidy. | Disparities in per unit fertilizer consumption in respective of gross cropped area, gross irrigated area and total rainfed area in Telangana state

• Nông nghiệp
• Fertilizer consumption
• Gross irrigated area
• Respective of gross cropped area
• Get ride of burden of subsidy
• Government should frame policies
• Buying preference
• Form of fertilizer
• Trends and patterns
• Patterns in fertilizer consumption
• Well structured interview schedule