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Agriculture · Q167

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 167

Q167

For which type of fertilizer, India is fully dependent on imports

A.
N-fertilizer
B.
P-fertilizer
C.
K-fertilizer
Answer
D.
None of these

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
India is entirely dependent on imports to meet the Potash demand (K-fertilizers). India's dependency on imports at present is approx. 25% for urea, (0% in case of Phosphates and 100% in case of Potash. All the potassium based fertilizer required by the farmers of our country is imported. India imports nearly 3.5 million tonnes of potash every year from Canada, Israel and Jordan.