The Price Signal That Is Damaging Soil Health

The system of fertiliser subsidies in India has been instrumental in enabling many farmers in the country to acquire nutrients at affordable rates. Nonetheless, the price structure of the subsidies programme leads to an imbalance in nutrient acquisition. While urea – the fertiliser that provides nitrogen is sold at a highly regulated price, several fertiliser products that provide phosphatic and potassic nutrients have relatively open prices. Such an issue impacts buying decisions such that when

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