"There has been an inter-district variation in the supply of fertiliser. While some districts have had more stocks, some have had less," said Union fertiliser secretary J S Sarma after reviewing the state's fertiliser supply situation in Bangalore during the weekend.
It was this mismatch on the supply-demand side that had forced farmers in several parts of the state to stomp the streets criticising the state government for failing to ensure the timely supply of fertiliser.
Karnataka's fertiliser requirement for kharif 2008 was pegged at 2.08 million tonnes. A break-up of this was: urea (800,000 tonnes), Diammonium Phosphate
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