Fertilizer Shortage Hits Dang Farmers
Dang (Tulasipur), June 24: A shortage of fertilizer is seen in Dang district during the rice planting season as the government has not supplied it in sufficient quantity.
The government has been providing fertilizer to farmers here at a subsidized rate. But they are compelled to buy fertilizer from local dealers at double price than normal rate due to the shortage.
The Agriculture Inputs Centre, Dang had given the responsibility to the cooperatives at the village level for distributing the fertilizer to farmers since some years. However, the centre has not been able to supply the fertilizer even with the onset of monsoon season when farmers start planting paddy.
It is said the district needs 10,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer during the paddy planting season.
