STL

Soil Testing Laboratory

Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department launched the "Soil Testing Laboratory" scheme for the farmer on 01 April 2013.

State In Kind

States / UT: Meghalaya

Nodal department: Agriculture Department

Scheme for: Individual

Scheme profile

Scheme open date: 2013-04-01

Categories: Agriculture,Rural & Environment

Sub-categories: Soil health

Target beneficiaries: Individual

Tags: Farmers, Agriculture, Soil Health

Details

Description

  • Soil Testing Lab - For analysing soil samples preceding the application of fertilizer in the correct dosage in farmers' field.

Objectives

  • The analysis is free of cost of soil samples preceding application of fertilizers/ liming etc. for farmers along with distribution of Soil Health Card (SHC).

Mode of Selection of Beneficiary(s)

  • Bonafide farmers have sufficient available cultivable land on a first come first served basis.

Benefits

  • [ [ { "children": [ { "text": "To provide soil testing services for farmers free of cost." } ] }, { "children": [ { "text": "Soil Health Card (SHC)." } ] } ] ]

To provide soil testing services for farmers free of cost.

Soil Health Card (SHC).

Eligibility

  • Bonafide farmers engaged in Agriculture

Application Process

Offline

Bonafide farmers can apply in plain paper through the nearest Agriculture Development Officer of a CD Block/Agriculture Circle.

Documents Required

No document list is available for this scheme yet.

References

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