India will consume more fertilizer this drought year...
As per the analysis by our team, India will consume more fertilizer this drought year, ironically, enough, then it did the last bumper harvest year, apprehensions that the taxpayer here may be subsidising fertiliser use in Nepal and Bangladesh, more than ever before The assessed requirement of major fertilisers for 2009-10 is a total of 520.45 lakh tonnes, of which 254 lakh tonnes were used in Kharif 2009 alone, when over 270 districts in the country were drought struck and cereal production at an all time low.
India has not reached the drought situation yet, although it faces the challenge of maintaining record foodgrain production due to weak monsoons this year, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said in New Delhi today.