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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 777

Q777

Highest total fertiliser consumption is in the state of

A.
Uttar Pradesh
B.
Punjab
Answer
C.
Haryana
D.
Tamil Nadu

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Punjab is the top state in the consumption of fertilizer in our country. Punjab alone consumes about 9% of the total fertilizers in India and it is 190.1 kg/ha per unit area basis on the gross cropped area.
Maize is the greatest consumer of fertilizer in the world i.e. 16.2%, followed by wheat at 15.3 and rice at 133.7%