Table 15.3
District wise average per ha potassium inflow from 1990–1991 to 2012–2013 (kg/ha)
Districts
1990–1999
2000–2009
1990–2012
Fertilizers
Livestock
Fertilizers
Livestock
Fertilizers
Livestock
Kanchipuram
30.89
8.16
58.04
12.61
43.18
11.50
Cuddalore
31.31
7.08
43.59
7.80
38.10
7.44
Vellore
40.44
8.26
49.55
10.05
45.27
9.40
Tiruvannamalai
20.81
8.45
38.15
9.23
31.80
9.09
Salem
24.99
6.91
52.76
10.62
39.79
9.01
Dharmapuri
11.81
5.47
14.72
7.26
14.47
6.16
Coimbatore
57.87
4.68
67.69
4.66
61.63
4.59
Erode
36.33
7.55
57.38
11.67
53.37
10.95
Trichy
45.89
8.91
67.62
10.18
58.31
9.88
Pudukkottai
47.12
11.96
70.46
15.79
56.67
15.63
Thanjavur
34.90
5.88
36.33
6.36
35.11
6.18
Madurai
63.80
6.38
68.89
9.09
65.71
8.56
Dindigul
21.84
6.01
30.40
7.31
27.47
6.78
Ramnad
9.58
5.95
6.26
6.83
7.90
6.73
Virudhunagar
25.38
8.05
23.30
9.31
24.53
9.06
Sivagangai
17.72
8.85
18.89
15.65
18.90
13.32
Tirunelveli
48.45
10.09
65.06
15.92
55.71
15.04
Thoothukudi
14.32
7.24
14.02
9.42
15.05
8.76
Kanyakumari
39.26
3.28
48.65
4.21
44.20
3.94
Tamil Nadu
33.02
7.09
45.02
8.95
39.54
8.36
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