Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 73,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'catslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 73,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study-by-vineeta-pandey-4599/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study-by-vineeta-pandey-4599/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'catslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 73
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 74,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 74,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study-by-vineeta-pandey-4599/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study-by-vineeta-pandey-4599/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 74
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Code Context
            if (Configure::read('debug')) {

                trigger_error($message, E_USER_WARNING);

            } else {
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 4508,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &amp;mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &amp;mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp;amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;DNA, 1 December, 2010, http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study_1474713&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study-by-vineeta-pandey-4599&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4599,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4508,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Agriculture,Environment&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;


The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;font &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font &gt;The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &amp;mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &amp;mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font &gt;NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font &gt;under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp;amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 4508,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &amp;mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &amp;mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp;amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;DNA, 1 December, 2010, http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study_1474713&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study-by-vineeta-pandey-4599&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4599,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 4508
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Agriculture,Environment&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;


The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;font &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font &gt;The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &amp;mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &amp;mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font &gt;NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font &gt;under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp;amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study-by-vineeta-pandey-4599.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="


The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <font ><br /></font><div align="justify"><font >The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.</font><br /><br /><font >Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.</font><br /><br /><font >To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.</font><br /><br /><font >According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.</font><br /><br /><font >Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.</font><br /><br /><font >According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.</font><br /><br /><font >The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.</font><br /><br /><font >Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.</font><br /><br /><font >The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.</font><br /><font ></font></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><font >NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities </font><font >under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.</font><br /><br /></div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$maxBufferLength = (int) 8192
$file = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php'
$line = (int) 853
$message = 'Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853'
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Code Context
            $response->getStatusCode(),

            ($reasonPhrase ? ' ' . $reasonPhrase : '')

        ));
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 4508,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &amp;mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &amp;mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp;amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;DNA, 1 December, 2010, http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study_1474713&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study-by-vineeta-pandey-4599&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4599,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4508,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Agriculture,Environment&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;


The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;font &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font &gt;The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &amp;mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &amp;mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font &gt;NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font &gt;under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp;amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 4508,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &amp;mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &amp;mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp;amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;DNA, 1 December, 2010, http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study_1474713&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study-by-vineeta-pandey-4599&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4599,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 4508
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Agriculture,Environment&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;


The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;font &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font &gt;The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &amp;mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &amp;mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font &gt;NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font &gt;under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp;amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study-by-vineeta-pandey-4599.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="


The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <font ><br /></font><div align="justify"><font >The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.</font><br /><br /><font >Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.</font><br /><br /><font >To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.</font><br /><br /><font >According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.</font><br /><br /><font >Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.</font><br /><br /><font >According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.</font><br /><br /><font >The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.</font><br /><br /><font >Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.</font><br /><br /><font >The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.</font><br /><font ></font></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><font >NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities </font><font >under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.</font><br /><br /></div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$reasonPhrase = 'OK'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitStatusLine() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 54
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
Code Context
                    $value

                ), $first);

                $first = false;
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67eb010d4f4aa-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 4508,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &amp;mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &amp;mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp;amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;DNA, 1 December, 2010, http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study_1474713&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study-by-vineeta-pandey-4599&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4599,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4508,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Agriculture,Environment&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;


The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;font &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font &gt;The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &amp;mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &amp;mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font &gt;NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font &gt;under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp;amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 4508,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &amp;mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &amp;mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp;amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;DNA, 1 December, 2010, http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study_1474713&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study-by-vineeta-pandey-4599&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4599,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 4508
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Agriculture,Environment&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;


The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;font &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font &gt;The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &amp;mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &amp;mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font &gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font &gt;NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font &gt;under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp;amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study-by-vineeta-pandey-4599.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="


The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <font ><br /></font><div align="justify"><font >The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.</font><br /><br /><font >Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.</font><br /><br /><font >To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.</font><br /><br /><font >According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.</font><br /><br /><font >Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.</font><br /><br /><font >According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.</font><br /><br /><font >The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.</font><br /><br /><font >Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.</font><br /><br /><font >The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.</font><br /><font ></font></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><font >NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities </font><font >under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.</font><br /><br /></div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$cookies = []
$values = [
	(int) 0 => 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
]
$name = 'Content-Type'
$first = true
$value = 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitHeaders() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 55
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

<head>

    <link rel="canonical" href="<?php echo Configure::read('SITE_URL'); ?><?php echo $urlPrefix;?><?php echo $article_current->category->slug; ?>/<?php echo $article_current->seo_url; ?>.html"/>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>

$viewFile = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp'
$dataForView = [
	'article_current' => object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		'id' => (int) 4508,
		'title' => 'Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey',
		'subheading' => '',
		'description' => '<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3"><br />
</font>
<div align="justify">
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.</font><br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3"></font>
</div>
<div align="justify">
&nbsp;
</div>
<div align="justify">
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities </font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.</font><br />
<br />
</div>',
		'credit_writer' => 'DNA, 1 December, 2010, http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study_1474713',
		'article_img' => '',
		'article_img_thumb' => '',
		'status' => (int) 1,
		'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
		'lang' => 'EN',
		'category_id' => (int) 16,
		'tag_keyword' => '',
		'seo_url' => 'too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study-by-vineeta-pandey-4599',
		'meta_title' => null,
		'meta_keywords' => null,
		'meta_description' => null,
		'noindex' => (int) 0,
		'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		'most_visit_section_id' => null,
		'article_big_img' => null,
		'liveid' => (int) 4599,
		'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'edate' => '',
		'tags' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		'[new]' => false,
		'[accessible]' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[hasErrors]' => false,
		'[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[repository]' => 'Articles'
	
	},
	'articleid' => (int) 4508,
	'metaTitle' => 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey',
	'metaKeywords' => 'Agriculture,Environment',
	'metaDesc' => '


The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra...',
	'disp' => '<font ><br /></font><div align="justify"><font >The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.</font><br /><br /><font >Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.</font><br /><br /><font >To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.</font><br /><br /><font >According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.</font><br /><br /><font >Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.</font><br /><br /><font >According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.</font><br /><br /><font >The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.</font><br /><br /><font >Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.</font><br /><br /><font >The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.</font><br /><font ></font></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><font >NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities </font><font >under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.</font><br /><br /></div>',
	'lang' => 'English',
	'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/',
	'site_title' => 'im4change',
	'adminprix' => 'admin'
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	'id' => (int) 4508,
	'title' => 'Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey',
	'subheading' => '',
	'description' => '<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3"><br />
</font>
<div align="justify">
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.</font><br />
<br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.</font><br />
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3"></font>
</div>
<div align="justify">
&nbsp;
</div>
<div align="justify">
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities </font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.</font><br />
<br />
</div>',
	'credit_writer' => 'DNA, 1 December, 2010, http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study_1474713',
	'article_img' => '',
	'article_img_thumb' => '',
	'status' => (int) 1,
	'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
	'lang' => 'EN',
	'category_id' => (int) 16,
	'tag_keyword' => '',
	'seo_url' => 'too-much-fertiliser-use-has-ruined-soil-health-study-by-vineeta-pandey-4599',
	'meta_title' => null,
	'meta_keywords' => null,
	'meta_description' => null,
	'noindex' => (int) 0,
	'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	'most_visit_section_id' => null,
	'article_big_img' => null,
	'liveid' => (int) 4599,
	'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'edate' => '',
	'tags' => [
		(int) 0 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	'[new]' => false,
	'[accessible]' => [
		'*' => true,
		'id' => false
	],
	'[dirty]' => [],
	'[original]' => [],
	'[virtual]' => [],
	'[hasErrors]' => false,
	'[errors]' => [],
	'[invalid]' => [],
	'[repository]' => 'Articles'

}
$articleid = (int) 4508
$metaTitle = 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey'
$metaKeywords = 'Agriculture,Environment'
$metaDesc = '


The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra...'
$disp = '<font ><br /></font><div align="justify"><font >The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr.</font><br /><br /><font >Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity.</font><br /><br /><font >To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains.</font><br /><br /><font >According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country.</font><br /><br /><font >Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion &mdash;- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr &mdash;- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr.</font><br /><br /><font >According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity.</font><br /><br /><font >The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients.</font><br /><br /><font >Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues.</font><br /><br /><font >The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.</font><br /><font ></font></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><font >NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities </font><font >under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm &amp; Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.</font><br /><br /></div>'
$lang = 'English'
$SITE_URL = 'https://im4change.in/'
$site_title = 'im4change'
$adminprix = 'admin'

include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51

Too much fertiliser use has ruined soil health: study by Vineeta Pandey

The indiscriminate use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years has led to deterioration of soil quality and crop productivity in India. According to a study conducted by the central soil water conservation research and training institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, about 1 millimetre of top soil is lost every year due to erosion. This leads to a total soil loss of 5,334 million tonnes annually, at an average rate of 16.4 t/ha/yr. Wrong irrigation practices are also responsible for soil erosion. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for agriculture KV Thomas said that excessive canal irrigation may lead to secondary salinisation, thereby affecting soil and crop productivity. To another question, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the imbalanced use of fertilisers coupled with low addition of organic matter and neglect of micro and secondary nutrients over the years has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil health in many parts of the country, particularly in the intensively cultivated Indo-Gangetic plains. According to a study published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, the annual erosion rate due to water is less than 5 Mg/ha/yr (2.2 tons/acre) for dense forest,cold desert regions and arid regions of India. Wind erosion is also active in the Indian desert situated in the northwestern part of the country. Indo-Gangetic plains, including salt-affected lands of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal show moderate erosion rates (5-10 Mg/ha/yr). The areas revealing severe erosion —- more than 20 Mg/ha/yr —- include the Shivalik Hills, northwestern Himalayan regions, ravines, shifting cultivation regions, western coastal ghats and the black cotton soils areas of peninsular India. The remaining parts of the country lose between 10-20 Mg/ha/yr. According to Pawar, to curb this the government had launched the National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility in 2008 to promote a soil test based on judicious use of fertilisers for improving soil health and productivity. The scheme includes setting up of new soil testing laboratories, strengthening of existing soil testing laboratories, training of soil testing laboratory staff/extension officers/farmers, field demonstrations on balanced use of fertilisers and promoting use of organic manure, soil amendments and micronutrients. Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday released new guidelines on the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to enhance efficiency in water use, productivity in crops, and provide an answer to water salinity and water-logging issues. The revised norms and the incorporation of additional components would incentivise further investments in water-saving technology to increase the gross area under cultivation.   NMMI is expected to boost converge of micro-irrigation activities under major government programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm & Maize (ISOPOM), Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) etc., for increasing water use efficiency, crop productivity and farmers income.