GPS devices to test soil fertility

Assistant Director (Agriculture) Obulesu Naik distributed 35 Global Positioning System (GPS) gadgets to the agriculture officials from 24 mandals here on Thursday.

The devices would be utilised for conducting soil fertility tests to ensure bumper crop yield with healthy soil management. Collection of soil samples in all the targeted mandals through GPS system had been initiated from Thursday, he said.

As many as 30 samples should be collected from each revenue village and the mandal-level officials had been told to record the farmers details and soil fertility levels and the same should be submitted to the district authorities.

35 GPS devices distributed to agricultural officials