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Nutrient-based fertiliser subsidy: Will farmers adopt agricultural best management practices? [1]

The new nutrient-based fertiliser subsidy policy provides implicit incentives to farmers to test soil samples regularly and get crop-wise recommended doses of nutrients, and offers prospective benefits from the agro-environmental management point of view.

Publication Date: 
03/12/2010
Sacchidananda Mukherjee [2]
Economic and Political Weekly [3]
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Tags:
Agriculture [4], Chemical Fertilisers [5], Subsidies [6], Farmers [7], India [8], Soil Capability [9], Tamil Nadu [10], Agricultural Inputs [11], Groundwater Pollution [12], Bhavani Project [13], Coimbatore (D) [14], Dharmapuri (D) [15], Organic Farming [16]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sacchidananda-mukherjee
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chemical-fertilisers
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/subsidies
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-capability
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agricultural-inputs
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-pollution
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhavani-project
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coimbatore-d
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dharmapuri-d
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/organic-farming