India with world second largest population is always under pressure on food security. Fertilizer plays a key role in ensuring agriculture productivity ensuring to face challenges in terms of shrinking cultivable land. Indian agriculture needs 16 elements in larger measure and 7 elements in micro measures. The first are classified as primary nutrients viz . sodium, potassium, phosphorous, nitrogen etc., These nutrients are essential to make the soil fertile and to overcome any deficiency. Some chemical fertilizers used are ammonium sulphate, calcium ammonium nitrate etc., Even a deficiency in micro nutrients will affect the absorption of primary nutrients. Iron, zinc, manganese, copper, boron, molybdenum and chlorine are a group of ‘micronutrients’ which are required by the plants in small quantities. Intensive cropping deplete all nutrients including micronutrients from the soil at a fast rate. Therefore selective use of micronutrients is necessary for increasing agricultural production.
India has 56 large fertilizer units which produce a wide range of nitrogenous and phosphates/ complex fertilizers. Of these, 30 units produce urea; 21 units produce DAP and complex fertilizers; 5 units produce low analysis straight nitrogenous fertilizers; and 9 units produce ammonium sulphate as a by-product.
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List of Fertilizer Companies in India
Aarti Industries Ltd
Abhayam Cropsafe Pvt Ltd
Accurate Crop Care Pvt Ltd
Act Agrochem Pvt Ltd
Adeesha Phosphates Ltd
Adhunik Crop Care Pvt Ltd
Advance Cropcare India Pvt Ltd
Advance Nath Agri Chemicals Pvt Ltd
Agri Green Fertilizers Chemicals Pvt Ltd
Agri Search India Pvt Ltd
