Jammu & Kashmir - Region Profile

The total geographical area of the state of Jammu and Kashmir is nearly 22.2 million hectare and it has a total population of 12.5 million which is approximately 1.04% of the national total. Jammu and Kashmir's economy is predominantly dependent on agriculture and allied activities. Agricultural exports from Jammu and Kashmir include rice, wheat, maize, sorghum, barley, millet, vegetables, apples, cherries, oranges, peaches, pears and saffron, Table 1 illustrates the current area, productivity and production statistics of major crops in Jammu and Kashmir.



Nutrient consumption in Jammu and Kashmir in the past decade is given in Fig. 2. The consumption of total fertilizer nutrients in the state increased by 4.4% from a total of 109.7 thousand MT during 2012-13 to 114.5 thousand MT during 2013-14. N consumption at 74.2 thousand MT during 2013-14 slipped marginally by 2.2% over 2012-13. The consumption of P2O5 at 30.1 thousand MT and K2O at 10.3 thousand MT during 2013-14 recorded increase of 24.8% and 5.2%, respectively, over the previous year. NPK use ratio changed from 7.8:2.5:1 during 2012-13 to 7.2:2.9:1 during 2013-14. Per hectare consumption of total nutrients increased from 94.5 kg during 2012-13 to 98.6 kg during 2013-14. Using the area and production of major crops, the total nutrient (N, P₂O₅ and K₂O) removal by each crop was calculated and a nutrient balance sheet was prepared (table 2).

Table 1: Latest Crop Production Statistics of J&K- 2012-13

Parameters	Rice	Wheat	Maize	Total Cereals	Gram	Total Pulses	Total Foodgrains	Total Oilseeds
Area	261.7	290	310.9	906.8	0.2	26.7	933.6	64.8
Production	818.1	462.4	512.3	1817.8	0.1	14.2	1831.9	51.1
Productivity	3126	1595	1648	2005	542	530	1962	789

Area ('000 ha); Production ('000 tonnes); Productivity (kg/ha); # Production and Productivity in 1000 bales of 180 kg each

Table 2: Nutrient balance sheet for major crops of J&K (2012-13)

Crop	Area (in '000 ha)	Production (in '000 tonnes)	Nutrient Removal (kg/tonne)			Total Removal (tonnes)
			N	P2O5	K2O	N	P2O5	K2O
Rice	261.7	818.1	20.1	11.2	30	16443.81	9162.72	24543
Wheat	290	462.4	24.4	8.6	32.8	11282.56	3976.64	15166.72
Maize	310.9	512.3	8.2	3.1	15.5	4200.86	1588.13	7940.65
Total Pulses	26.7	14.2	40	5	20	568	71	284
Total Oilseeds	64.8	51.1	54	14	46	2759.4	715.4	2350.6
		Total removal by major crops				35254.63	15513.89	50284.97
		Total fertilizer consumption in J&K				75830	24100	9750
		Consumption * Efficiency factor				30332	7230	6825
		Balance/Deficit				-4922.63	-8283.89	-43459.97

Efficiency of N=40%; P2O5= 30%; and K2O=70%

*Crop production and fertilizer use data are retrieved from Fertilizer Statistics, 2013-14, The Fertilizer Association of India, New Delhi