Biochemical Health of Soil of a Wide Agricultural Land of Birbhum DistrictinWest Benga

Abstract

For many years soil analysis has been used as an aid to assess biochemical health of soil and plant nutrient management. Achieving and maintaining appropriate level of soil fertility, especially plant nutrient availability is of paramount importance if agri-cultural land is to remain capable of sustaining crop production at an acceptable lev-el. The Birbhum district, known for its agricultural practices, faces several challenges related to pollution arising from farming activities. Soil sampling and analysis is the first of three important steps in managing the nutrients required by plants. The sec-ond is the interpretation of analytical data leading to the third step, recommendation for nutrient addition. In this paper we would like to explore the biochemical health of soil of Birbhum District having widespreadagricultural land. Through analysis we would like to explore the availability of phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium, physical, physiochemical and chemical parameters of the agricultural soil. It will give a better future to poor farmers of this region through good production of crops and simulta-neously the economic condition of this region will improve.