A case study on soil fertility status and maize productivity in Dang district, Nepal

Barali, Sunaina and Kumar, Jha Ritesh and Rupak, Karn and Mahesh, Regmi (2019) A case study on soil fertility status and maize productivity in Dang district, Nepal. Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (MJSA) (Malaysia), 3. pp. 56-59. ISSN 2521-2931

The study was conducted to know the soil fertility status and maize productivity along with soil management practices being adopted in Lamahi municipality and Rapti rural municipality of Dang district to have a basis for the understanding of possible management options for better soil fertility and productivity. 333 soil samples from different maize farmers’ field were tested for soil fertility parameters during the program in which 60 soil samples were also collected from maize fields. Next, crop and soil management survey was carried out through a household interview in the sampled field. These data were used to identify the range of critical soil-test concentrations of nutrients and to assess the production status of maize and the soil management practices in farmers filed and evaluate the current fertilizer practices of farmers. The result showed that there was a dominance of neutral-alkaline soils with low organic matter & nitrogen levels with high P and medium K. Similarly, maize productivity of the district was found to be 3.3 ton per hectare. It is found that most farmers were adopting traditional crop management practices for maize cultivation with a high dependency on chemical fertilizers for fertilization.

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Abstract

The study was conducted to know the soil fertility status and maize productivity along with soil management practices being adopted in Lamahi municipality and Rapti rural municipality of Dang district to have a basis for the understanding of possible management options for better soil fertility and productivity. 333 soil samples from different maize farmers’ field were tested for soil fertility parameters during the program in which 60 soil samples were also collected from maize fields. Next, crop and soil management survey was carried out through a household interview in the sampled field. These data were used to identify the range of critical soil-test concentrations of nutrients and to assess the production status of maize and the soil management practices in farmers filed and evaluate the current fertilizer practices of farmers. The result showed that there was a dominance of neutral-alkaline soils with low organic matter & nitrogen levels with high P and medium K. Similarly, maize productivity of the district was found to be 3.3 ton per hectare. It is found that most farmers were adopting traditional crop management practices for maize cultivation with a high dependency on chemical fertilizers for fertilization.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	maize
AGROVOC Term:	soil
AGROVOC Term:	integrated soil fertility management
AGROVOC Term:	crop management
AGROVOC Term:	fertilization
AGROVOC Term:	organic matter
AGROVOC Term:	soil fertility
Geographical Term:	Nepal
Depositing User:	Mr. Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor
Date Deposited:	29 Apr 2026 10:35
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2026 10:35
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3876

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