Socio-economic impact of Soil Health Card scheme in the state of Andhra Pradesh

ANKHILA R H; ALKA SINGH; PRAMOD KUMAR; SURESH KUMAR; M C MEENA; RASHMI SINGH; SUNIL KUMAR SUNANI; PARTHA PRATIM ADHIKARY; DINESH KUMAR; SANATAN PRADHAN; SUNIL B H

doi:10.56093/ijas.v93i6.134765

Authors

ANKHILA R H ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
ALKA SINGH ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
PRAMOD KUMAR ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
SURESH KUMAR ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana
M C MEENA ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
RASHMI SINGH ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
SUNIL KUMAR SUNANI ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses, Research Regional Station, Bhubaneswar, Khordha
PARTHA PRATIM ADHIKARY ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
DINESH KUMAR ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
SANATAN PRADHAN ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9292-8401
SUNIL B H ICAR- National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2302-4780

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v93i6.134765

Keywords:

Adopter, Non-adopter, Impact, Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potash, Soil health card

Abstract

The study is an attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of the soil health card (SHC) scheme in Andhra Pradesh (AP). Primary survey in the two selected districts of the AP state was carried out during 2020. Data set has 120 SHC adopters and 60 non-adopters of SHC from Chandragiri, Chittecherla blocks of Chittoor and Allur, Nellore blocks of Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. The study evaluated the factors affecting the adoption of SHC in the selected districts of AP. Among them, number of trainings attended, membership of farmer organizations, the timely extension service availability has shown positive impact on adoption of SHC. However, distance to input market, age, and family size had significant negative impact on adoption of SHC. Impact of SHC showed significant decline in use of nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients by 20 kg/ha and 19 kg/ ha, respectively, among the adopters. Micronutrient usage increased by 9.15 kg/ha among the adopters of SHC. The study implies SHC scheme has reduced the excess usage of fertilizers in paddy cultivation in the survey area. It also recommends timely extension service to improve fertilizer savings by farmers.

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