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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 India’s agricultural sector, contributing 18% to national GDP and employing 46.1% of the total workforce, faces an acute soil crisis driven by a decades-long reliance on imbalanced mineral fertilizer applications that have systematically eroded Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE). While total fertilizer consumption expanded exponentially from 65,600 metric tons in 1951-52 to an estimated 33.54 million metric tons in 2025-26 to drive foodgrain production up to an expected 376 million metric tons, this growth has triggered severe multi-nutrient deficiencies where over 90% of Indian soils are now depleted of nitrogen and phosphorus, 50% lack potassium, and critical organic carbon levels have plummeted below 0.5%. Click below to read the full article! Follow ET Edge Insights to stay updated on agricultural infrastructure and content leadership! #ETEdgeInsights #AgriTech #SoilHealth #SustainableFarming #FertilizerPolicy #PMPRANAM #PrecisionAgriculture #IndiaGDP Dr. Suresh Kumar Chaudhari