Steno General Dictation No. 335

So only one type of fertilizer, either nitrogenous or phosphatic should be utilized. It will be conducive to the proper development of the plants. I would commend and urge upon the Minister that more attention should be paid to the production of complex fertilizers. With regard to pesticides, we now find that there are a large number of different brands of pesticides starting from various compounds. For a country like ours where a large number of farmers are illiterate, it is better to standardise all these types of pesticides rather than allowing in the market hundreds of different types and patents of pesticides coming from different companies so that they do not confuse the farmers with regard to their application.