AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION

CHEMICAL FERTILISERS

The agriculturists at many places in the district still follow their own traditional methods of cultivation. The improved methods of agriculture are still to cross the boundaries of the farms of the big agriculturists. However, the experts and the extension workers of the Department of Agriculture have succeeded in propagating the importance and the necessity of applying the fertilisers by organising village leaders training camps and live-demonstrations. The Department of Agriculture arranges for distribution of nitrogenous fertilisers such as ammonium sulphate, ammonium phosphate, nitrate, urea and phosphate through marketing societies and sale and purchase societies. In order to enable the average farmer to purchase fertilisers, the Government has made a provision to advance tagai loans to the cultivators. Similarly, for popularising the use of fertiliser mixtures, subsidy is also given to the cultivators. The cultivators have realised the value of fertilisers as they have obtained higher yields through the application of chemical fertilisers. The cultivators in the district mostly prefer ammonium sulphate among nitrogenous fertilisers. Heavy doses are applied to the fruit crops and garden crops wherever irrigation facilities are available. The following statement shows the consumption of fertilisers in Buldhana district from 1963-64 to 1970-71: —

Statement showing the consumption of fertilisers in Buldhana district from 1063-64 to 1970-71.

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