AAS |
Academy of Agricultural Sciences |
Amm. |
Ammonium |
AREP |
Agricultural Recovery & Environmental Protection |
DPR |
Democratic People's Republic |
EM |
Effective micro-organisms |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FDRC |
Flood Damage Rehabilitation Committee |
FYM |
Farmyard manure |
IFA |
International Fertilizer Industry Association |
IFDC |
International Fertilizer Development Center |
IPNS |
Integrated Plant Nutrition System |
LGP |
Length of growing period |
MOA |
Ministry of Agriculture |
MOP |
Muriate of potash |
MT |
metric tonnes |
SDC |
Swiss Agency for Development & Co-operation |
SSP |
Single superphosphate |
TCP |
Technical Cooperation Programme (FAO) |
t/ha |
metric tonnes per hectare |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
WFP |
World Food Programme |
N: Nitrogen
P2O5 or P:
Phosphate*
K2O or K: Potash*
* Phosphate and potash may be expressed as their elemental forms P and K or as their oxide forms P2O5 and K2O. Nitrogen is expressed as N. In this study phosphate and potash are expressed in their oxide forms.