The Indian Institute of Soil Science developed a web-based system for
advising farmers the right quantity of fertilizers that they should use
in their soils for a particular type of crop.
The software takes into account the soil type in different districts
of the country and available nutrient in the soil. It takes into
consideration the crop and cropping season in calculating the nutrient
requirement. In some cases, it takes care of even different available
varieties of main crops. Finally, the system converts the nutrient data
into the quantities of main fertilizers-urea, MOP and SSP that are
required to be used by the farmer.
This system is presently available district-wise for these 11 states:
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
