Desai, G.M.
(1982)
Sustaining rapid growth in India's fertilizer consumption: a perspective based on composition of use.
Other.
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington.
Abstract
The research reported demonstrates that growth in fertilizer use is a complex function of many variables that must be seen in relation to each other if an effective expansionary policy is to be developed. In the past there has been a lack of understanding of the importance of ample, assured supplies of fertilizer. Without increased fertilizer supplies, expanded fertilizer use will not be possible, and fertilizers will be confined to the crops and places where they have been most profitable in the past. Growth in fertilizer use has been constrained by the role of foreign assistance in financing fertilizer imports for developing countries, the large fluctuations in the size and timing of such foreign assistance allocations, and fluctuations in foreign exchange availability due to changes in export demands and prices. This has been exacerbated by deficiencies in administration of fertilizer supplies. These and other issues are analyzed on the basis of the Indian experience
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