Farmers generally use fertilizers to correct soil deficiencies.

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As we know in order to grow, plants obtain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen from air and water. But the necessary nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulphur etc are obtained from the soil. As the fertilizers contain these following nutrients, farmers prefer such fertilizers which help to correct the soil deficiencies.

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Q. Farmers generally use __________ to increase the nutrients of the soil.

Q. A farmer does not want to use fertilizers in his soil. how can he increase the fertility of the soil in a cost-efficient way?

Statement: Farmers must immediately switch over to organic fertilizers from chemical fertilizers for better yield.

Assumptions:

I. All the farmers use only chemical fertilizers.

II. Organic fertilizers are readily available to the farmers.

Why do farmers use fertilizers

Which of the following conditions give the most benefits? Why? [3 MARKS]
(a) farmers use high - quality seeds, do not adopt irrigation or use fertilizers.
(b) farmers use ordinary seeds, adopt irrigation and use fertilizers.
(c) farmers use quality seeds, adopt irrigation, use fertilizers and use crop protection measures.

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