Monday 13 February 2012 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead
Gujarat farmers to get soil health cards

The cards will help farmers understand the properties of the soil they are ploughing

New Delhi: The Gujarat government has decided to issue soil health cards (SHCs) to the farmers to help them boost their agricultural yield. The cards would appraise them of the various properties of their soil to priorities their farming options.

The SHCs, which are given under the Soil Health Programme of the Agriculture department, is prepared after the soil is tested scientifically for various properties like productivity, mineral composition, water retaining capacity and others.

The SHCs also contain information on what kind of pesticides, fertilisers, seeds and how much water should be used to get better productivity from the land.

According to Agriculture Minister Dilip Sanghani, giving SHCs to farmers is aimed at strengthening the agricultural infrastructure of the state.
—iGovernment Bureau

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