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How does it help?

It is rich in nutrients necessary for basic plant nutrition,

including nitrogen, phosphorus & potassium. It contains sufficient minerals (trace elements) for plant nutrition, including boron, chlorine, cobalt, copper, iron etc. It contains soil organic matter that improves soil structure and soil moisture retention. A range of microorganisms that support plant growth. This shows us that soil fertility plays a major role in crop production.

MANURES
Manure is organic matter used as organic fertilizer in agriculture. Manures contribute to the fertility of the soil by adding organic matter and nutrients, such as nitrogen, that are trapped by bacteria in the soil.

Types Of Manures
Animal Manures:Most animal manure is faeces. Common forms of animal manure include farmyard manure (FYM) or farm slurry (liquid manure). FYM also contains plant material (often straw), which has been used as bedding for animals and has absorbed the feces and urine.

Compost: Compost is the decomposed remnants of organic materials usually of plant origin, but often including some animal dung or bedding. Plant Manures: Green manures are crops grown for the express purpose of ploughing them in, thus increasing fertility through the incorporation of nutrients and organic matter into the soil. Leguminous plants such as clover are often used for this, as they fix nitrogen using Rhizobia bacteria in specialized nodes in the root structure. Other types of plant matter used as manure include the contents of the rumens of slaughtered ruminants, spent hops (left over from brewing beer) and seaweed.

FERTILIZERS
Fertilizer is any organic or inorganic material of natural or synthetic origin (other than liming materials) that is added to a soil to supply one or more plant nutrients essential to the growth of plants. Mined inorganic fertilizers have been used for many centuries, whereas chemically synthesized inorganic fertilizers were only widely developed during the industrial revolution. Increased understanding and use of fertilizers were important parts of the pre-industrial British Agricultural Revolution and the industrial Green Revolution of the 20th century.

Types Of Fertilizers
Fertilizers come in various forms: The most typical type of fertilizer is solid fertilizer in granulated or powdered. The next most common type is liquid fertilizer; some advantages of liquid fertilizer are its immediate effect and wide coverage. There are also slow-release fertilizers (various types including fertilizer spikes, tabs, etc.) which reduce the problem of "burning" the plants due to excess nitrogen. Polymer coating of fertilizer ingredients gives tablets and spikes a 'staged nutrient release' (SNR) of fertilizer nutrients.

Manures versus Fertilizers


MANURES
They are easy to prepare &

FERTILIZERS
They are prepared in

can be prepared at the farm itself. It is difficult to spread them in the fields. Excess of manures doesnt harm the soil.

factories.
Their application is very easy. Excess of fetilezers harms the

soil by making it porous & also pollute water.

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