Encourage output of specialty soil nutrients: Industry to govt

WITH CHINA IMPOSING fresh restrictions on exports of water-soluble fertilisers, the industry has asked the government to encourage domestic production of these non-subsidised specialty soil nutrients.

- SANDIP DAS

These fertilisers are used largely for increasing yield of horticultural crops such as fruits and vegetables.

"Promoting domestic production of the fertiliser would reduce the fiscal burden of increasing usage of highly subsidised soil nutrients", Suhash Buddhe, adviser, Soluble Fertilizer Industry Association (SFIA), told FE.

Buddhe, also a mentor at IIM, Nagpur incubation cell said the government has to step in to promote domestic production of such soil nutrients to enhance crop yields, improve soil health, and increase nutrient use efficiency, compared to traditional fertilisers used in the soil.