District Profile

Information on Operational Land Holdings

92 per cent of the land holdings are dominated by small and marginal farmers

Soil Health:

However, the soils in Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Varanasi, Deorai and Gorakhpur districts rated low in organic matter, low in available nitrogen, low in available phosphorus and medium in potassium, low in Zn status with the increasing population pressure on agriculture has been increased tremendously. To increase production more and more chemical fertilizer, chemical pesticides were used that adversely affected not only environment but the soil health also. In Ghazipur district 214207ha land is under irrigation, normally is common areas farmers preferred rice cultivation continuously same land. The soil analysis report of the samples analyzed by the district soil survey and soil testing laboratory Ghazipur indicated more than 70% samples are deficient in organic carbon and 80% of samples are deficient in phosphrous. On the basis of samples analyzed during the year 2008-13 indicated 99% of the soil samples ranges between pH 6.5-8.5 and electrical conductivity of 95%. Sample ranges 0-1 improvement in soil health through exclusion of green manure, legume crops, vermi-compost, compost, farm yard manure, bio-fertlizer and crop rotation, soil type clay loam, sandy loam, diera soil (silt), black soil (Karail region). Agricultural innovation partnership the continuity of paddy-wheat crop rotation and including pulses to improve soil health through nitrogen fixation. Chronic arsen poisoing can cause serious health problem in animal including human such as soil and water samples taken from eastern district of Ballia and Ghazipur of Uttar Pradesh.

Soil health is a state of soil meeting its range of ecosystem function a appropriate to its environment. Soil is the foundation of any farming system. Having healthy soil in essential for growing healthy crops and feeding a healthy diet to livestock and people, Soil health is the condition of soil in a defined space and at a defined scale relative to a described bench mark. The definition of soil health may vary between users of the term as alternative users may place different priorities upon the multiple function of a soil. Therefore, the term soil health can only be understood within the context of the use of term and their aspirations of soil as well as by the boundary definition of the soil at issue.

Gap in Technology

• Farmers are not convinced about importance of soil and water testing
• No awareness about soil fertility index
• No technical knowledge about taking soil and water samples
• No technical knowledge for understanding of analyzer report
• Decreasing carbon content of cultivable land
• Deterioration of soil physical properties
• Accumulation of hazardous element in the soil
• Poor drainage of soil
• Deficiency of micronutrients in soil components


 

Reason for Non - Adoption

• Lack of availability
• Lack of knowledge
• Lack of resources


 

Proposed Strategy

• Promoting fertilizer application after soil testing
• Collection of special soil samples and water samples from old orchards
• Organizing farmers training on farmers’ field
• Educating farmers about importance of organic and bio-fertilizer
• Educating farmers about method of fertilizer application
• Collection of soil samples from each villages


 

Organic Farming:

Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on technique such as crop rotation, green manure, compost and biological pest control. Depending on whose definition is used. Organic farming uses fertilizer and pesticides (Which include herbicide, insecticide and fungicides). Organic farming uses a variety of methods to improve soil fertility including crop rotation, cover cropping, reduced tillage and application of compost.

Gap in Technology

• Low availability of organic fertilizers
• Poor method of composting
• Lack of technical knowledge of preparation
• Lack of standardized recommended package of practices for organic production
• Lack of standardization of ITK’s for low plant protection measures
• No retailing outlets for organically crop produce
• No certifying agency in the district
• No any facility for organic certification


 

Reason for Non - Adoption

• Lack of availability
• Lack of knowledge


 

Proposed Strategy

• Training on compost pit preparation, vermi-compost and NADEP unit etc
• Formation of group
• Promoting farmers for organic input production
• Promoting farmers for organic crop production
• Promoting farmers for group for organic certifications


 

Organic Farming:

Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on technique such as crop rotation, green manure, compost and biological pest control. Depending on whose definition is used. Organic farming uses fertilizer and pesticides (Which include herbicide, insecticide and fungicides). Organic farming uses a variety of methods to improve soil fertility including crop rotation, cover cropping, reduced tillage and application of compost.