FERTILIZERS & PESTICIDES
- February 9, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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FERTILIZERS & PESTICIDES
TOPIC: Agriculture
Context- The Union government has asked fertiliser companies to manufacture additional DAP (di-ammonium phosphate) to meet the demands during the current rabi season.
Concept-
Fertilizer & Pesticides Ranking of States: MH> UP> TL> PN> HR
- Nearly half of the country’s demand for chemical pesticides in 2020-21 came from the three States— Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana.
- Almost 46.38 per cent of the demand for 70,668 tonnes of chemical pesticides was from these three States.
- Maharashtra contribute nearly one-fifth of the country’s demand for chemical pesticides during 2020-21.
- While Maharashtra led the demand for chemical pesticides at 14,396 tonnes, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana followed it with 11,850 tonnes and 6,535 tonnes, respectively, during the period.
- The demand from other agriculture-centric States such as Punjab and Haryana for chemical pesticides was at 5,700 tonnes and 4,200 tonnes of, re- spectively, during 2020-21.
- However Meghalaya and Sikkim have been notified as ‘organic State’
About DAP:
- DAP is the second most commonly used fertiliser in India after urea.
- Farmers normally apply this fertiliser just before or at the beginning of sowing, as it is high in phosphorus (P) that stimulates root development.
- DAP (46% P, 18% Nitrogen) is the preferred source of Phosphorus for farmers.
- This is similar to urea, which is their preferred nitrogenous fertiliser containing 46% N.