Soil Quality

The constant, unabashed use of chemical fertilizers has left the soil in a totally bad shape. Soil degradation continues as natural way of soil enrichment has been pushed aside in keeping with the times calling for quick results. The salinity and alkalinity of soils has gone up. In fact the total salt affected area in our state is found to be 203 lakh hectares.

Saline soils occur in large areas overlying the coastal sands in the coastal districts.Saline-alkali soils occur to an appreciable extent in the coastal districts and Anantapur and Kurnool districts of Rayalaseema and in many parts of Telangana districts. Non Saline - alkali soils occur to a considerable extent in the districts of Nalgonda, Mahaboobnagar, Medak, Kurnool, Anantapur and also in parts of Nellore. In Telangana region, especially in Nalgonda and Mahaboobnagar districts, alkali soils have come to exist due to irrigation with poor quality waters, which are loaded with residual sodium carbonate.