Crop nutrient management using Nutrient Expert improves yield, increases farmers’ income and reduces greenhouse gas emissions

Abstract Reduction of excess nutrient application and balanced fertilizer use are the key mitigation options in agriculture. We evaluated Nutrient Expert (NE) tool-based site-specific nutrient management (SSNM) in rice and wheat crops by establishing 1594 side-by-side comparison trials with farmers’...

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Main Authors: Tek B. Sapkota, Mangi L. Jat, Dharamvir S. Rana, Arun Khatri-Chhetri, Hanuman S. Jat, Deepak Bijarniya, Jhabar M. Sutaliya, Manish Kumar, Love K. Singh, Raj K. Jat, Kailash Kalvaniya, Gokul Prasad, Harminder S. Sidhu, Munmun Rai, T. Satyanarayana, Kaushik Majumdar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79883-x