Soil Health Card Flashcards
World Soil Day is on?
5th December
Soil Health Card Scheme is by?
MoAFW
Tagline of Soil Health Card is?
Swastha Dhara, Khet Hara
Soil Health Card has completed how many years now? When was it launched?
9 years
2015
A scheme that aims to give each farmer soil nutrient states of their holdings and advise them on the dosage of fertilisers as well as suggest soil ammendments
Soil Health Card (SHC)
Village level soil testing labs will be set up by?
Youth with education in agriculture
Women SHGs
FPOs, etc
Currently 1 sample is collected for every ___ ha of irrigated land
2.5 ha
1 sample is collected for every ___ ha for rainfed lend
10 ha
An IoT based automated portable device by the government that tests soil sample for the 12 essential parameters and generates digital soil health card
Bhuvision Portal or Krishi Rasta Soil Testing System
Bhuvision or Krishi Rasta Soil Testing System is an initiative of?
ICAR-IIRR & Krishi Tantra
Indian Institute of Rice Research - Hyderabad
Where is ICAR-IIRR (Indian Institute of Rice Research) located?
Hyderabad
SHC is a part of which scheme?
When were they merged?
RKVY - under ‘Soil Health & Fertility’
In 2022-23
How many nutrients are tested in SHC scheme under RKVY?
12 nutrients
What are the 12 nutrients tested in SHC?
Macro Nutrients: N, P, K
Secondary Nutrients: S
Micro-Nutrients: Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn, Bo
Electrical Conductivity (EC)
pH
Organic Carbon (OC)
Frequency of Soil Testing in SHC
once in 2 years