Major Crops
Rice, wheat, sorghum, pulse crops, sugar cane
Potash (2007E)
0 MMT Production |
0 MMT Exports |
4.5 MMT Imports |
4.5 MMT Demand |
Source: Fertecon, PotashCorp
India Today...and Tomorrow
As in China, India's population (1.1 billion) and growing incomes are driving the need for more food and better diets. On average, more than half of Indian household expenditures are food-related. With 17 percent of the world's population but only 11 percent of arable land, and yields typically ranging from 20 percent to 50 percent of those on equivalent US cropland, India's need for fertilizer is clear.
Responding to a growing annual domestic grain deficit, India is developing strategies to improve agricultural production, including reversing its long-term under-application of potash and other fertilizer nutrients.
