Recently the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers has asked farmers to reduce excessive use of

A. Urea

B. Ammonium Sulphate

C. Ammonium Chloride

D. Anhydrous Ammonia

Explanation:

Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers D.V. Sadananda Gowda has asked farmers to reduce excessive use of Urea, which he pointed out, is spoiling the soil health. Investigations carried out under All India Coordinated Research Project on ‘Long Term Fertilizer Experiments’ over five decades at fixed sites have indicated that continuous use of nitrogenous fertilizer alone had deleterious effect on soil health and crop productivity showing deficiencies of other major and micro nutrients.