Using organic fertilizers and organic-chemical fertilizers to improve soil structure, reduce costs of production and level up productivity

20 August 2024

It is a project to promote the use of properly formulated fertilizers, at the right time, at the correct rates, based on soil and plant analysis costs to achieve soil restructuring, increase yields, reduce costs, and increase the profit of farmers by the project’s results. Reducing the cost of applying fertilizer in rice by 13.03% with the same output. This leads to an increase in profit of 572 baht/rai, reducing the cost of fertilizing in corn by 10% with the same output, resulting in an increase in profit of 1,000 baht/rai. Promote the use of fertilizers based on the analysis of soil and plants in the area.

Promote the use of fertilizers based on soil and plant analysis

Test results
Fertilizer Cost (Bath/rai) Production (Kg./rai) Net Profit (Bath/rai)
Farmer's practice 900 984 2,486
Cp Mordin 875 1,280 4,702

Note: Selling price at 7,400 baht/ton, MC 23% Cost of production, excludes fertilize cost of 3,895 bath/rai

OM soil before planting

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OM soil after planting

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