| Table 4.04a :Estimation of Nutrient Depletion in Major Cropping Pattern in Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||
| Major cropping Pattern | Total | Input (Kg/ha) | Output (Kg/ha) | Balance(Kg/ha) | Approximate | ||||||||||
| Yield | N | P | K | N | P | K | N | P | K | Total Depletion | |||||
| (tone/ha/yr) | (Kg/ha/Yr) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||||
| Boro-Fallow-T.Aman | 8 | 248 | 49 | 118 | 324 | 32 | 234 | -76 | +17 | -116 | 175 | ||||
| Boro-T.Aus-T.Aman | 11.5 | 350 | 60 | 151 | 469 | 57 | 368 | -119 | +3 | -217 | 333 | ||||
| Boro-GM-T.Aman | 8 | 285 | 135 | 324 | 32 | 240 | -39 | +28 | -105 | 121 | |||||
| Mustard-Boro-T.Aman | 9.5 | 378 | 73 | 183 | 404 | 95 | 326 | -26 | -22 | -143 | 191 | ||||
| Potato-T.Aus-T.Aman | 38 | 386 | 67 | 220 | 430 | 53 | 435 | -44 | +14 | -215 | 245 | ||||
| Potato-Jute-T.Aman | 36 | 380 | 70 | 240 | 385 | 55 | 496 | -5 | +15 | -256 | 246 | ||||
| Mustard-Jute-T.Aman | 7.5 | 340 | 75 | 205 | 430 | 79 | 429 | -90 | -4 | -224 | 318 | ||||
| Wheat-T.Aus-T.Aman | 10 | 335 | 65 | 166 | 420 | 64 | 292 | -85 | +1 | -126 | 210 | ||||
| Wheat-M.bean-T.Aman | 8 | 275 | 64 | 190 | 305 | 52 | 284 | -30 | +12 | -94 | 112 | ||||
| Sugarcane+Potato | |||||||||||||||
| Intercropping | 100 | 190 | 55 | 150 | 210 | 60 | 320 | -20 | -5 | -170 | 195 | ||||
| Source: Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) | |||||||||||||||
| Note: | |||||||||||||||
| Input : Fertilizer, manure, fixation(BNF), deposition (rain), sedimentation (flood) and irrigation | |||||||||||||||
| Output :Harvested product, residues removed, leaching, denitrification, volatilization and erosion | |||||||||||||||