Government Announces BIG Fertilizer Subsidy, But Heavy Imports & Lack Of Other Options A Worry (opens in new tab)

The increase in allocation is aimed at ensuring fertilizers remain available to farmers at affordable prices even as international prices of key inputs such as diammonium phosphate \(DAP\) and muriate of potash \(MOP\) remain elevated\. The bigger concren though is not food security, but excess fertlizer use because of lack of options\. \#food \#india \#agriculture \#kharif \#rabi \#season \#iranwar \#fertilizer \#fertlizer \#pesticides Mint is an Indian financial daily newspaper published by...