Delhi help sought on fertilisers

Meghalaya sought 8,860 metric tonnes of fertilisers from the Centre to meet the demands of farmers during this year’s kharif season.
The demand was made at the Northeast zonal conference on Agricultural Inputs for Kharif, 2011, organised by the Union ministry of agriculture, department of agriculture and cooperation in collaboration with the department of agriculture of the state government.
State agriculture joint director (administration and accounts) in-charge of fertilisers, L. Marbaniang, said Meghalaya requires 3,900 tonnes of urea, 2,500 of DAP, 2,200 tonnes of SSP and 260 tonnes of MOP for the kharif season.
Marbaniang also said fertilisers lifted by the state during the rabi season included 3,068 tonnes of urea, 1,528 tonnes of DAP, 2,024 tonnes of SSP and 72 tonnes of DOP.
However, as farmers of the state are cultivating rabi crops upto March, the state sought additional fertilisers of 500 metric tonnes for the rabi season. This included 400 metric tonnes of DAP and 100 metric tonnes of urea.