Crops and their fertiliser use per hectare of their gross cropped area
Most crops with high fertiliser intake are also crops with a higher water footprint.
NPK
fertiliser consumption by non-water-intensive crops
NPK
fertiliser consumption by water-intensive crops
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
220
240
260
280
300
320
Sugarcane
309
Potato
285
Cotton
187
Wheat
154
Paddy
136
Mustard
128
Maize
122
Coconut
115
Groundnut
115
Jute
107
Soyabean
79
Sunflower
72
Gram
78
Masur
59
Bajra
55
Jowar
47
Moong
29