Soil Health Card

                                                                                         

            ‘Soil Health Card’ Scheme has been introduced in current year to assist State Governments  to issue soil health cards to all farmers in the country. It is likely to develop an application software for the States  for online generation of soil health cards and  fertilizer recommendations. Dissemination of soil testing results through SMSs will be enabled.

 

The aims and objectives of the Scheme are:

 

i.  To issue soil health cards every 3 years, to all farmers of the country,

so as to provide a basis to address nutrient deficiencies in fertilization practices.

 

ii. To strengthen functioning of Soil Testing Laboratories (STLs) through

capacity building, involvement of agriculture students and effective linkage

 with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) / State Agricultural Universities (SAUs).

 

iii. To diagnose soil fertility related constraints with standardized procedures for sampling uniformly across states and analysis and design taluqa / block level fertilizer recommendations in various districts.

 

iv. To develop and promote soil test based nutrient management in the districts for enhancing nutrient use efficiency.

 

v.  To build capacities of district and state level staff and of progressive farmers for promotion of nutrient management practices.