Vol. 12, Special Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
Mahesh Kumar, Subhash Rawat, PK Sangode and Vinay Bachkaiya

Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to asses Influence of soil health card (SHC) on nutrients management practices by farmers in major rabi crops of Chhattisgarh state. To serve this purpose, a sample size of 120 respondents were selected from 3 blocks of Mungeli district during the year 2020-21. The findings reveal that 75.00 per cent of the majority of the respondent had applied micro nutrients Zinc in wheat crops and 25.00% respondents not applied for Zinc in own field. In case of Chickpea 91.67% per cent respondents had use Zinc nutrient in Chickpea crop and 8.33% respondent not applied for Zinc in field. The findings regarding cropping intensity are compiled and observed that 76.67% of the respondents had more than 200 per cent cropping intensity. Overall, the average dose of fertilizers application on the basis of SHC were 62.44% and 43.42% for wheat and chickpea crops respectively.