IIT Kanpur has developed a portable soil testing device- “Bhu Parikshak”, which, the institute claims, can detect soil health in just 90 seconds, by use of an embedded mobile application.
- The rapid soil testing device – which can test up to one lakh soil samples — will assist individual farmers in obtaining soil health parameters of agricultural fields with recommended doses of fertilizers.
- The technology, titled Portable Soil Testing Device or “Bhu Parikshak” has been transferred to an agritech company named AgroNxt Services Pvt Ltd; which will be manufacturing the device.
- Six soil parameters nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, organic carbon, clay contents, and cation-exchange capacity – can be detected through its usage.
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